Usage Notes - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

Geospatial Data Types

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2023-08-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

Usage Notes

Vantage implements transform functionality that, by default, allows importing and exporting an ST_Geometry type to and from the server as a CLOB in WKT format. This means that a client application can use a CLOB to insert a value into an ST_Geometry column, provided the CLOB uses the WKT format of one of the geospatial subtypes that ST_Geometry can represent. Similarly, when a client application submits a query that selects data from an ST_Geometry column, by default, Vantage exports the type as a CLOB using the WKT format of the geometry that the ST_Geometry column represents.

Teradata also provides other transforms for the ST_Geometry type that allow for the import and export of geospatial data as other types and formats. For more information, see ST_Geometry Type Transforms