CREATE FOREIGN TABLE Statement - 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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CREATE FOREIGN TABLE riverflow_csv, EXTERNAL SECURITY MyAuthObj (
  Location VARCHAR(2048) CHARACTER SET UNICODE CASESPECIFIC,
  GageHeight2 DOUBLE PRECISION FORMAT '-ZZZ9.99',
  Flow DOUBLE PRECISION FORMAT '-ZZZZ9.99',
  site_no BIGINT,
  datetime VARCHAR(16) CHARACTER SET UNICODE CASESPECIFIC,
  Precipitation DOUBLE PRECISION FORMAT '-ZZZ9.99',
  GageHeight DOUBLE PRECISION FORMAT '-ZZZ9.99'
) USING (
    LOCATION ('/s3/YOUR-BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/CSVDATA/')
);