Example of foreign table definition with Latin character set | Teradata Database - Example: Creating Foreign Table with Payload Column with Latin Characters - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
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IntelliFlex
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Teradata Database
Release Number
20.00
Publication Date
June 2025
Content Type
SQL Reference
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B035-1144-200K
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This example is like Example: Creating Foreign Table with PATHPATTERN except for the character set of the Payload column—LATIN instead of UNICODE.

CREATE FOREIGN TABLE Statement

CREATE MULTISET FOREIGN TABLE sensordata (
  Location VARCHAR(2048) CHARACTER SET UNICODE CASESPECIFIC,  
  Payload JSON(16776192) INLINE LENGTH 64000 CHARACTER SET LATIN
  ) 
  USING (   
    LOCATION ('/S3/YOUR-BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/data/logs')   
    PATHPATTERN ('$Var1/$Var2/$var3/$Var4/$date') 
  )   
  NO PRIMARY INDEX;