Triggers, Partitioned Primary Indexes, and the ALTER TABLE Statement - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

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Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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You must disable some triggers before you can perform an ALTER TABLE request that modifies or revalidates the primary index for a table.

ALTER TABLE Request Modifies or Revalidates the Primary Index with this Option Disable these Triggers
WITH DELETE All DELETE triggers on table_name.
WITH INSERT
  • All DELETE triggers on table_name.
  • All INSERT triggers on save_table.

You can re-enable the triggers after the ALTER TABLE request completes.