ODBC C Character Data Types - ODBC Driver for Teradata

ODBC Driver for Teradata® User Guide

Product
ODBC Driver for Teradata
Release Number
16.20
Published
August 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2020-08-25
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

ODBC Driver for Teradata conforms to ODBC 3.52 specifications and supports SQL_C_CHAR and SQL_C_WCHAR C data types as listed below:

ODBC C Data Type Windows Platform UNIX Platforms Apple macOS
SQL_C_CHAR Character string encoded in the code page of the application

(Windows application code page)

Character string encoded in the code page of the application

(ODBC application code page)

Character string encoded in the code page of the application (current locale LC_TYPE category)
SQL_C_WCHAR Unicode (UTF16) character string Unicode (UTF8) character string Unicode (UTF32) character string

An ODBC application can pass and retrieve character data encoded in the application code page (SQL_C_CHAR) or Unicode (SQL_C_WCHAR) character data to or from ODBC Driver for Teradata. ODBC Driver for Teradata converts the character string to or from the session character set when required. For more information, see Conversion and Error Handling.