CREATE SCHEMA SQL Syntax Elements | Data Definition Language | Teradata Vantage - CREATE storage_format SCHEMA Syntax Elements - 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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storage_format
Storage format of the DATASET type to use in creating the schema.
SYSUDTLIB
Name of the database containing the schema. Schemas that you create are registered in the SYSUDTLIB database.
schema_name
Name of the schema. Schema names must be unique across the entire system.
schema
You must specify the schema as a constant, that is, literal value. The literal can contain the schema in its text format or in a byte format which contains the UTF-8 encoded characters that compose the schema. Schemas are stored as a Teradata VARBYTE which contains the UTF-8 encoded characters that compose the schema, to a maximum of 63,000 bytes.