Specifies that the display of SAP Sybase IQ binary columns is consistent with the display of Adaptive Server Enterprise binary columns.
Option can be set at the database (PUBLIC) or user level. When set at the database level, the value becomes the default for any new user, but has no impact on existing users. When set at the user level, overrides the PUBLIC value for that user only. No system privilege is required to set option for self. System privilege is required to set at database level or at user level for any user other than self.
Requires the SET ANY PUBLIC OPTION system privilege to set this option. Can be set temporary for an individual connection or for the PUBLIC role. Takes effect immediately.
ASE_BINARY_DISPLAY 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 SQL Anywhere columns. When this option is ON, SAP Sybase IQ displays the column in readable ASCII format; for example, 0x1234567890abcdef. When this option is OFF, SAP Sybase IQ displays the column as binary output (not ASCII).
Set ASE_BINARY_DISPLAY OFF to support bulk copy operations on binary data types. SAP Sybase IQ supports bulk loading of remote data via the LOAD TABLE USING CLIENT FILE statement.