Teradata Database Message 6979 - 6979 - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage
Analytics Database Messages
- Deployment
- VantageCloud
- VantageCore
- Edition
- Enterprise
- IntelliFlex
- VMware
- Product
- Analytics Database
- Teradata Vantage
- Release Number
- 15.xx,16.xx,17.xx
- Published
- June 2022
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- en-US
- ft:lastEdition
- 2023-01-05
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- B035-1096
- lifecycle
- latest
- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage™
- Message
- Invalid CAST. Casting a Period value as the specified target type is not allowed.
- Explanation
- A Period value can be cast only as CHARACTER, VARCHAR, PERIOD , DATE, TIME, or TIMESTAMP when using the CAST function. Using the CAST function for casting a Period value as any other data type is not allowed. Note that a PERIOD(DATE) value cannot be cast as PERIOD(TIME) or TIME. Also, a PERIOD(TIME) value cannot be cast as PERIOD(DATE) or DATE.
- Generated By
- Parser modules.
- For Whom
- End User.
- Notes
- None
- Remedy
- Rewrite the statement by correcting the source value to have a data type such that it is valid to cast the source value as the specified target type and re-submit.