Example: SHOW TYPE - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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en-US
ft:lastEdition
2025-11-22
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

The following examples show two instances of the SHOW TYPE report for a UDT.

To report cast information for a UDT, you must use the SHOW CAST statement.
     SHOW TYPE UdtInt;

Result:

      *** Text of DDL statement returned.
      *** Total elapsed time was 2 seconds.
     -------------------------------------------------------------
     CREATE TYPE SYSUDTLIB.udt_int AS INTEGER FINAL
     INSTANCE  METHOD intordering ( )
     RETURNS INTEGER
     SPECIFIC udt_int_int_ordering_24a8_r
     LANGUAGE C
     NO SQL
     PARAMETER STYLE SQL
     DETERMINISTIC
     RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT,
     INSTANCE  METHOD int_fromsql ( )
     RETURNS INTEGER
     SPECIFIC udt_int_int_fromsql_24a9_r
     LANGUAGE C
     NO SQL
     PARAMETER STYLE SQL
     DETERMINISTIC
     RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT;
     SHOW TYPE udtint;
      *** Text of DDL statement returned.
      *** Total elapsed time was 5 seconds.
     ------------------------------------------------------
     CREATE TYPE SYSUDTLIB.udt_int AS INTEGER FINAL
     INSTANCE  METHOD int_ordering ( )
     RETURNS INTEGER
     SPECIFIC udt_int_int_ordering_24a8_r
     LANGUAGE C
     NO SQL
     PARAMETER STYLE SQL
     DETERMINISTIC
     RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT,
     INSTANCE  METHOD int_fromsql ( )
     RETURNS INTEGER
     SPECIFIC udt_int_int_fromsql_24a9_r
     LANGUAGE C
     NO SQL
     PARAMETER STYLE SQL
     DETERMINISTIC
     RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT;