TEXT stores character data of variable length up to two gigabytes. SAS supports the TEXT data type provided in SYBASE; however ... DATETIME values are input as quoted character strings in various ...

Every column in a table has a name and data type. The data type tells Teradata how much physical storage to set aside for the column, as well as the form in which to store the data. Teradata data ...

A data element is defined by size (in characters) and type (alphanumeric, numeric only, true/false, date, etc.). A specific set of values or range of values may also be part of the definition.