HELP TRANSFORM Example | Teradata Vantage - Example: HELP TRANSFORM for a UDT - 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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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

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