Unsupported Syntax or Features - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-04-02
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Product Category
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This table lists unsupported syntax or features. Attempt to use them causes an error.

Unsupported Syntax Explanation
INSERT ... SELECT None.
Positioned UPDATE A WHERE clause cannot use an updatable cursor to do a positioned UPDATE.
UPDATE FROM None.
UPDATE WHERE subquery A WHERE clause cannot use a subquery either to specify the primary index or to constrain a non-index column.
UPDATE SET primary_index_column You cannot update a primary index column because any change to the rowhash value for a row affects its distribution.
UPDATE SET partitioning_column You cannot update a partitioning column because any change to the partitioning for a row affects its location.
UPDATE SET identity_column You cannot update GENERATED ALWAYS identity column values.
UPDATE SET PARTITION You cannot update system-derived PARTITION values.

If PARTITION is a user-named column in a table, and not a GENERATED ALWAYS identity column, then it can be updated.