Server Character Set Rules - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-22
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

When data_definition_list specifies a data type of CHARACTER (CHAR) or CHARACTER VARYING (VARCHAR) and does not specify a CHARACTER SET clause to indicate which server character set to use, then the resulting server character set is as follows.

IF the data type of expression is … THEN the server character set of the resulting characters is …
non-character the user default server character set.
character the server character set of expression.