HELP TRANSFORM Example | Teradata Database - Example: HELP TRANSFORM for a UDT - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
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IntelliFlex
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Teradata Database
Release Number
20.00
Publication Date
June 2025
Content Type
SQL Reference
Publication ID
B035-1144-200K
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The following example reports the transform group name (client_IO ), predefined data type to which the UDT is converted (VARCHAR(40)), fromsql external routine name (toString) and tosql external routine name (stringToAddress ) for the UDT named address.

HELP TRANSFORM address;

Result:

Group      Predefined Type from-sql            to-sql
------------------------------------------------------------------------
client_IO  VARCHAR(40)     SYSUDTLIB.toString  SYSUDTLIB.stringToAddress