How to view varbyte colum data like other fields

Question

i am working on teradata 14 . i have a table with a column defined as varbyte(100)

when i issued sel * from table; in sql assistant

1 LOB information window popped up and asking File type, Display as picture in answer set, Directory path

even when i click yes or no , that colum data is storing in local computer as .jpg in which i cant see any thing .

so my question is :

how to view that data like normal other fields . so that i can use where clause on that column ?

NOTES: i can use this SELECT from_bytes(ssn, 'Base16') 

but it still display ssn in .txt file , i need to open text file to see the value .

Answer 1

I'm not sure how the data in your table was encrypted but you can change the settings of SQL Assistant to display CLOB and BLOB data in the AnswerSet window instead of an external file.

1. Go to Tools -> Options
2. Select Data Format
3. Change Handle Binary/Byte Columns as BLOBs if size > to value greater than your encrypted field(s) in your table.
4. Change Handle Varhcar Columns as CLOBs if size > to a larger value as needed.