When BTEQWIN is first started, it prompts you for the session charset to use, as shown in the following figure.
Only the four most-used character sets are supported. BTEQWIN does not support other charsets because the Unicode® character sets can display the characters of most modern languages.
Figure 5: Select Session Charset DialogThe BTEQWIN user interface consists of a standard application window, as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6: BTEQWIN Main WindowThe following functions can be performed from the BTEQWIN Main Window:
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Session control, result formatting, and output data handling. |
Submit Teradata SQL statements and requests to the associated Teradata Database |
Processing. Statements can be specified interactively, a statement at a time, or in batch mode using macros. |
All input and output is displayed in the window. The command line, identified by a blinking cursor, is always the line that follows the last command prompt.