SHOW request Examples | Teradata Database - Example: SHOW For a SELECT Request - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Teradata Database
Release Number
20.00
Published
June 2025
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The following example reports the DDL definitions supporting a simple SELECT request involving one view and one table. Both objects were created in database DAFDB, so qualification is unnecessary.

     SHOW
     SELECT * 
     FROM View_1, Table_2
     WHERE View1.column_1=Table2.column_3;

The report looks like this.

     *** Text of DDL statement returned.
     *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.
     -------------------------------------------------------------
     CREATE SET TABLE DAFDB.Table_2
       NO FALLBACK,
       NO BEFORE JOURNAL,
       NO AFTER JOURNAL 
        (column_1 INTEGER,
        column_2 INTEGER)
      PRIMARY INDEX(column_1);
     CREATE SET TABLE DAFDB.Table_1
       NO FALLBACK,
       NO BEFORE JOURNAL,
       NO AFTER JOURNAL
        (column_1 INTEGER)
      PRIMARY INDEX (column_1);
     CREATE VIEW View_1 AS
       SELECT column_1 FROM Table_1;