Temporal Behavior - 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 the default temporal behavior for temporal DDL, queries and DML statements.

This field should be changed only under the direction of Teradata Support Center personnel or field engineers.

Field Group

General

Valid Settings

Setting Description
0 Default temporal session qualifier is CURRENT VALIDTIME AND CURRENT TRANSACTIONTIME, compatible with Teradata’s original implementation of temporal tables and syntax documented in Temporal Table Support, B035-1182.
1 Default temporal session qualifier is ANSIQUALIFIER, required to use ANSI-compliant temporal tables documented in ANSI Temporal Table Support, B035-1186.

Default

  • 0 for systems that were upgraded from releases prior to Teradata Database Release 15.0, and that had the Teradata Temporal feature enabled.
  • 1 for all other systems.

Changes Take Effect

After the DBS Control Record has been written.

Related Information

For more information on temporal tables and syntax, see ANSI Temporal Table Support, B035-1186 and Temporal Table Support, B035-1182.