DotNotationOnErrorCondition - Teradata Vantage - Database Engine 20

Database Utilities

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Database Engine 20
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
June 2025
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Determines how Vantage responds when queries using dot notation return a list of values.

Field Group

General

Valid Settings

Setting Description
0 The system returns a warning and an error string when a query using pre-16.00 dot notation returns a list of values. For newer elements added in Teradata Database 16.00, the system returns the list of values.
1 The system returns the list of values in all cases when a dot-notation query returns a list.
2 The system returns NULL in all cases when a dot-notation query returns a list.
3 The system returns an error in all cases when a dot-notation query returns a list.

Default

0

Changes Take Effect

After the DBS Control Record has been written.

Usage Notes

Dot notation versions prior to Teradata Database 16.00 do not natively support returning lists of data.

Related Information

For More Information on… See…
dot notation data types
  • DATASET Data Type, B035-1198.
  • JSON Data Type, B035-1150.