Inserting a Single Row into an OTF Table - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® Open Table Format for Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake User Guide

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
October 2025
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2025-10-25
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The INSERT INTO SQL can be used to insert a single row into an OTF table.

Syntax

INSERT INTO <datalake_name>.<OTFdatabase_name>.<OTFtable_name> 
    VALUES (<value>[, ...]);
<datalake_name> ::= !! name of the data lake object
<OTFdatabase_name> ::= !! name of the database in the OTF catalog
<OTFtable_name> ::= !! name of the OTF table

Example

INSERT INTO datalake_glue.MyDatabase.Tab1 
    VALUES ('testing', 1, 'field3', 'France');

Usage Considerations

The following are not supported:

  • Non-positional inserts.
  • Writing ORC data files in Iceberg.
  • Writing to a CLOB column.
  • Parameterized SQL for Array Insert for an OTF table.