Example: Creating Delta Lake Table - 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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2025-11-22
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Product Category
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CREATE FOREIGN TABLE Statement

CREATE FOREIGN TABLE delta_lake_table,
  EXTERNAL SECURITY INVOKER TRUSTED test0
  USING (
    LOCATION ('/S3/YOUR-BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/testdeltalake/deltalakewp/_symlink_format_manifest')
    MANIFEST ('TRUE')
    TABLE_FORMAT ('DELTALAKE')
  );

SHOW TABLE Statement

SHOW TABLE delta_lake_table;

Result:

CREATE MULTISET FOREIGN TABLE NOS_USR.delta_lake_table ,FALLBACK ,
     EXTERNAL SECURITY INVOKER TRUSTED
     MAP = TD_MAP1
     (
      Location VARCHAR(2048) CHARACTER SET UNICODE CASESPECIFIC,
      street VARCHAR(22) CHARACTER SET UNICODE NOT CASESPECIFIC,
      state VARCHAR(2) CHARACTER SET UNICODE NOT CASESPECIFIC,
      bedrooms INTEGER,
      bathrooms INTEGER,
      sqft INTEGER,
      types VARCHAR(11) CHARACTER SET UNICODE NOT CASESPECIFIC,
      price INTEGER)	
USING
(
      LOCATION  ('/S3/YOUR-BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/testdeltalake/deltalakewp/_symlink_format_manifest')
      MANIFEST  ('TRUE')
      TABLE_FORMAT ('DELTALAKE')
      PATHPATTERN  ('$var1/$zip/$var3')
      STOREDAS  ('PARQUET')
)
NO PRIMARY INDEX
PARTITION BY COLUMN ADD 65524 ;