Example: HELP COLUMN On a Mixture of Non-Column Expressions and table_name .* Expressions - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

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VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
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17.20
Published
June 2022
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English (United States)
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2024-10-04
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The following request executes HELP COLUMN on an integer expression and all columns of the d table. Note that the report does not report a column name for the integer expression.

     HELP COLUMN 1+1, d.*;

Result:

      *** Help information returned. 5 rows.
      *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.
     Column Name                Type Nullable Format
     -------------------------- ---- -------- ----------------------
                                I    Y        -(10)9
     transaction_header_key     I    Y        -(10)9
     vendor_key                 I    Y        -(10)9
     item_key                   I    Y        -(10)9
     stuff                      CF   Y        X(300)