How to Use the Break Key on Workstations | Basic Teradata Query - Using the Break Key on Workstations - Basic Teradata Query

Basic Teradata® Query Reference - 20.00

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
VMware
Product
Basic Teradata Query
Release Number
20.00
Published
October 2023
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2025-04-02
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

Use the Break key to perform the following functions:

Function Result
Single-break Interrupts BTEQ.

Enter either EXIT or QUIT to abort the transaction and terminate BTEQ.

Double-break Aborts the previous request
Triple-break Terminates BTEQ

The break function has the following syntax:



where:

<break> represents pressing the CTRL+C keys on your workstation keyboard.