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AWS redshift documentation change

Service: redshift · 2026-03-28 · Documentation low

File: redshift/latest/mgmt/odbc20-configuration-options.md

Summary

Added new UseUnicode configuration parameter for ODBC driver and updated parameter list

Security assessment

This adds a new configuration option for Unicode support in the ODBC driver. No security context or vulnerability mentioned in the change.

Diff

diff --git a/redshift/latest/mgmt/odbc20-configuration-options.md b/redshift/latest/mgmt/odbc20-configuration-options.md
index 85fd900b0..1f14a9234 100644
--- a//redshift/latest/mgmt/odbc20-configuration-options.md
+++ b//redshift/latest/mgmt/odbc20-configuration-options.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-AccessKeyIDapp_idApplicationNameapp_nameAuthProfileAuthTypeAutoCreateCaFileclient_idclient_ secretClusterIdcompressionDatabaseDatabaseMetadataCurrentDbOnlydbgroups_filterDriverDSNEndpointUrlForceLowercasegroup_federationhttps_proxy_hosthttps_proxy_passwordhttps_proxy_porthttps_proxy_usernameIAMidc_client_display_nameidc_regionidp_hostidp_portidp_response_timeoutidp_tenantidp_partitionidp_use_https_proxyInstanceProfileissuer_urlKeepAliveKeepAliveCountKeepAliveIntervalKeepAliveTimelisten_portlogin_urlloginToRpLogLevelLogPathMin_TLSpartner_spidPassword | PWSplugin_namePort | PortNumberpreferred_roleProfileprovider_nameProxyHostProxyPortProxyPwdProxyUidReadOnlyregionSecretAccessKeySessionTokenServer | HostName | Hostssl_insecureSSLModeStsConnectionTimeoutStsEndpointUrltokentoken_typeUID | User | LogonIDweb_identity_token
+AccessKeyIDapp_idApplicationNameapp_nameAuthProfileAuthTypeAutoCreateCaFileclient_idclient_ secretClusterIdcompressionDatabaseDatabaseMetadataCurrentDbOnlydbgroups_filterDriverDSNEndpointUrlForceLowercasegroup_federationhttps_proxy_hosthttps_proxy_passwordhttps_proxy_porthttps_proxy_usernameIAMidc_client_display_nameidc_regionidp_hostidp_portidp_response_timeoutidp_tenantidp_partitionidp_use_https_proxyInstanceProfileissuer_urlKeepAliveKeepAliveCountKeepAliveIntervalKeepAliveTimelisten_portlogin_urlloginToRpLogLevelLogPathMin_TLSpartner_spidPassword | PWSplugin_namePort | PortNumberpreferred_roleProfileprovider_nameProxyHostProxyPortProxyPwdProxyUidReadOnlyregionSecretAccessKeySessionTokenServer | HostName | Hostssl_insecureSSLModeStsConnectionTimeoutStsEndpointUrltokentoken_typeUID | User | LogonIDUseUnicodeweb_identity_token
@@ -1113,0 +1114,32 @@ This parameter is required if you use database authentication.
+## UseUnicode
+
+  * Default Value – 0
+
+  * Data Type – Boolean
+
+
+
+
+A boolean specifying whether the driver returns Redshift data as Unicode or regular SQL types.
+
+  * 1 | TRUE: The Driver returns wide SQL type for character data type. 
+
+    * SQL_WCHAR is returned instead of SQL_CHAR.
+
+    * SQL_WVARCHAR is returned instead of SQL_VARCHAR.
+
+    * SQL_WLONGVARCHAR is returned instead of SQL_LONGVARCHAR.
+
+  * 0 | FALSE: The driver returns normal SQL type for character data type. 
+
+    * SQL_CHAR is returned instead of SQL_WCHAR.
+
+    * SQL_VARCHAR is returned instead of SQL_WVARCHAR.
+
+    * SQL_LONGVARCHAR is returned instead of SQL_WLONGVARCHAR.
+
+
+
+
+This parameter is optional. It is available in driver versions 2.1.15 and later.
+