Macro Example – deptdisplay | Basic Teradata Query - Macro Example

To create a macro named deptdisplay, for example, that includes the following BTEQ SEPARATOR command and SQL SELECT statement:

.SET SEPARATOR ' | '
SELECT * FROM department;

enter:

CREATE MACRO deptdisplay AS  
( ECHO '.SET SEPARATOR '' | '' '
;SELECT * FROM department; 
);

When enclosing single quotes within quotes, double the inner quotes so that each inner, single quote becomes two single quotes.

After creating the macro, BTEQ displays:

*** Macro has been created.
*** Total elapsed time was 3 seconds.

Develop more complex macros by placing them in a file and running the file in a BTEQ batch job.

Macro Example – deptdisplay | Basic Teradata Query - Macro Example – deptdisplay - Basic Teradata Query