The TCHBIG5_1R0 character set provides support for traditional Chinese (Big5) on network-attached clients.
For TCHBIG5_1R0, a CHARACTER data type supports mixed single- and multibyte characters. The value of the first byte in the sequence distinguishes single-byte characters from double-byte characters.
IF the value of the first byte is … |
THEN the length of the character is … |
less than 0x81 |
one byte |
greater than or equal to 0x81 |
two bytes |
The TCHBIG5_1R0 character set includes definitions for the single-byte characters corresponding to seven-bit ASCII.
The character mapping tables are described in the following text files, which are available on CD and on the Web at http://www.info.teradata.com/.
File Name (on CD) |
Title (on the Web) |
Description |
C1RMUNCD.txt |
TCHBIG5_1R0 Multibyte to Unicode |
Maps the multibyte character portion of TCHBIG5 to Unicode. |
C1RSUNCD.txt |
TCHBIG5_1R0 Single Byte to Unicode |
Maps the single-byte character portion of TCHBIG5 to Unicode. |