HELP COLUMN SQL Statement | Teradata Database - HELP COLUMN - 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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Displays the attributes of a column, including whether it is a single-column primary or secondary index and, if so, whether it is unique.

ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Required Privileges

You must either own the table, join index, or hash index in which the column is defined or have at least one privilege on that table.

Use the SHOW privilege to enable a user to perform HELP or SHOW requests only against a specified table, join index, or hash index.