Foreign Table Locks | CREATE FOREIGN TABLE | Teradata Database - Foreign Table Locking - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Teradata Database
Release Number
20.00
Published
June 2025
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The system cannot issue standard database transaction locking against data in external object store, therefore these queries behave as if the foreign table has only an access lock (as if you used the LOCKING TABLE … FOR ACCESS request modifier).

If you perform a join between a foreign table and a Teradata native table, normal transaction locking rules still apply to the Teraadata table.