HELP TYPE SQL Statement | Teradata Vantage - HELP TYPE - 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 Vantageā„¢

Displays the attributes for a UDT and, optionally, all the attributes of a structured UDT or all the methods associated with the UDT.

HELP TYPE ATTRIBUTE is not valid for Teradata internal UDT types such as Geospatial types, nor is it valid for Period types.

ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Required Privileges

You must have at least one of the following privileges to perform HELP TYPE:
  • At least one privilege on the SYSUDTLIB database.
  • The UDTUSAGE privilege on the UDT or the ARRAY/VARRAY type.

Use the SHOW privilege to enable a user to perform HELP or SHOW requests only against the specified UDT or ARRAY/VARRAY type.