Example: HELP COLUMN with a Derived Period Column - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

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VantageCloud
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VMware
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IntelliFlex
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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This is an example of HELP COLUMN output for the following table definition, which includes a derived period column.

     CREATE TABLE employee (
          eid INTEGER NOT NULL,
          name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
          deptno INTEGER NOT NULL,
          jobstart DATE NOT NULL,
          jobend DATE NOT NULL,
          PERIOD FOR jobduration (jobstart, jobend)
          PRIMARY INDEX(eid);

Below is the HELP COLUMN output.

     HELP COLUMN employee.jobduration;
Column Name jobduration
Type PD
Nullable ?
Format ?
Max Length 0
Decimal Total Digits ?
Decimal Fractional Digits ?
Range Low ?
Range High ?
UpperCase ?
Table/View? T
Indexed? ?
Unique? ?
Primary? ?
Title ?
Column Constraint ?
Char Type ?
IdCol Type ?
UDT Name ?
Temporal Column N
Current ValidTime Unique ?
Sequenced ValidTime Unique ?
NonSequenced ValidTime Unique ?
Current TransactionTime Unique ?
Partitioning Column N
Column Partition Number 0
Column Partition Format NA
Column Partition AC NC
Security Constraint N
Derived_UDT PP
Derived_UDT_FieldID ?
Column Dictionary Name jobduration
Column SQL Name jobduration
Column Name UEscape ?
Dictionary Title ?
SQL Title ?
Title UEscape ?
UDT Database Dictionary Name ?
UDT Database SQL Name ?
UDT Database Name UEscape ?
UDT Dictionary Name ?
UDT SQL Name ?
UDT Name UEscape ?
Without Overlaps Unique ?
Storage Format ?