16.10 - DBD - Teradata Database

Teradata Database Support Utilities

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Teradata Database

vrm_release

16.10

created_date

June 2017

The DBD (Data Block Descriptor) command displays the DBDs of the current cylinder.

/H: Shows a formatted display of all the DBDs in the current CI followed by a display of the DBDs in hexadecimal.
tid: Shows only the DBDs from the subtable specified by tid for the current CI. For more information on tid formatting, see Subtable Identifiers (tids).
ridspec: Shows only the DBDs within the row(s) specified by ridspec within the subtable (tid) for the current CI. For information on ridspec formatting, see Rows and Row Ranges.; The online help lists this option as rowspec.
sectornum: Shows only the DBDs covering this sector of the cylinder.
=: Specifies that Filer should use the most recently saved value for sectornum .; This option cannot be used unless an input value has already been defined for sectornum . For more information, see Stored Input Values.

The DBD command must be invoked from a CI context (as indicated by the CI ==> prompt).

Without arguments, DBD shows all DBDs in the current CI.