Part 4: The Connect XE Drivers : The Driver for the Teradata Database : Connection Option Descriptions : Enable LOBs

Enable LOBs
Attribute
EnableLOBs (EL)
Purpose
Determines whether the driver enforces native LOB data type mapping.
Valid Values
1 | 0
Behavior
If set to 1 (Enabled), the driver enforces native LOB data type mapping as described:
If set to 0 (Disabled), the driver provides backward compatibility for applications without LOB support that are using a version of Teradata Database prior to V2R5.1. The mappings are:
This value can improve performance if your application does not send data to, or retrieve it from, LOB columns. You may receive an error if you disable this option and try to retrieve data from a LOB column.
Default
1 (Enabled)
GUI Tab
Options tab

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