Example: Shredding a DATASET Values Table with the Storage Format CSV - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

This example shreds a table of DATASET values with the CSV storage format. The row in my_table with the ID 1 has the CSV value:

Item ID,Item Name,Quantity,Price
10021,basketball,10,29.99
10029,jersey,20,15.99
10032,shoes,20,79.99


SELECT * FROM DATASET_TABLE (
 ON (SELECT id, csvCol FROM my_table WHERE id=1)
 USING rowexpr('')
  colexpr(
  '[ {"dotnotation" : "$..Item Name",
      "type" : "CHAR(40)"},
     {"dotnotation" : "$..Price",
              "type" : "DECIMAL(9,2)"} ]')
) AS t1(id, Item_Name, Price);

The resulting table has three rows: