Specifies that the display of Sybase IQ binary columns is consistent with the display of Adaptive Server Enterprise binary columns.
ON, OFF
OFF
DBA permissions are not required to set this option. Can be set temporary, for an individual connection, or for the PUBLIC group. Takes effect immediately.
The ASE_BINARY_DISPLAY option affects the output of the SELECT statement.
This option affects only columns in the IQ Store. It does not affect variables, Catalog Store columns or Adaptive Server Anywhere columns. When this option is ON, Sybase IQ displays the column in readable ASCII format; for example, 0x1234567890abcdef. When this option is OFF, Sybase IQ displays the column as binary output (not ASCII).
Set ASE_BINARY_DISPLAY OFF to support bulk copy operations (using iq_bcp) on binary data types.
“Bulk Copy utility (iq_bcp),” Chapter 3, “Database Administration Utilities” in the Sybase IQ Utility Guide.
