Typical Uses for Table Functions - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Data Definition Language Detailed Topics

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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English (United States)
Last Update
2024-10-04
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The most common use for table functions is to analyze non-relational data or to convert non-relational data to relational data. Possible applications include the following:

  • Converting flat file data into relational tables.
  • Converting XML and web data into relational tables.
  • Analyzing spreadsheet data or converting it into relational tables.

Very informally, you can think of table functions as a facility for creating a view-like mechanism that allows various SQL processing facilities to process and analyze numerous types of non-relational data.