Casting for Columns with More Than 200 Characters - Analytics Database

Database Analytic Functions

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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en-US
ft:lastEdition
2025-11-06
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢
SELECT * FROM StringSimilarity (
  ON (
    SELECT id, CAST(a AS VARCHAR(200)) AS a, CAST(b AS VARCHAR(200)) AS b
    FROM max_varchar_strlen
  ) PARTITION BY ANY
  USING
  ComparisonColumnPairs ('ld(a,b) AS sim_fn')
  Accumulate ('id')
) AS dt ORDER BY 1;