Maintaining Foreign Key Integrity - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Detailed Topics

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2024-12-13
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Vantage verifies that the structure of columns defined as foreign keys, or referenced by foreign keys, is not changed in any manner that violates the rules for the definition of a foreign key constraint.

An ALTER TABLE (or DROP INDEX) request attempting to change the structure of such a column aborts and causes the system to return an error to the requestor.

Vantage verifies that a table referenced by another is not dropped. Before dropping the table, you must perform an ALTER TABLE request to drop the foreign key reference.