ADD COLUMN (column_name) - 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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2025-11-06
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

The column partition containing the column uses COLUMN format, if it is not already defined with COLUMN format.

You can include columns in the join index with a data type of non-LOB XML, non-LOB ST_GEOMETRY, non-LOB JSON, and non-LOB DATASET. However, you cannot include these data types in the primary index of a join index.

A column in a join index cannot have a data type of BLOB, CLOB, BLOB-based UDT, CLOB-based UDT, VARIANT_TYPE, ARRAY, VARRAY, LOB XML, LOB ST_GEOMETRY, LOB JSON, or DATASET LOB.

AUTO COMPRESS
The column partition containing the column use COLUMN format with autocompression.
NO AUTO COMPRESS
The column partition containing the column use COLUMN format without autocompression.