Creating and Executing a Macro from a Script - Basic Teradata Query

The following example shows how to produce the same report by creating and executing the macro from the script file:

.LOGON e/fml,notebook
.EXPORT REPORT DDNAME=report
CREATE MACRO deptdisplay AS (
ECHO '.SET SEPARATOR';
ECHO '.SET RTITLE "Department Information" ';
ECHO '.SET FORMAT ON';
SELECT * FROM department;);
EXECUTE deptdisplay;
.SET FORMAT OFF
.EXPORT RESET
.LOGOFF