Character Sets Categories | Teradata Vantage - About Character Sets - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

International Character Set Support

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-23
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

There are two categories of character sets in a Teradata Database environment.

Category Description
Client (session) character set
  • Used by a client to log on and make requests to the database.
  • Used by the database for data returned to the client.
Server or internal (database) character set Used by the database to store user data.