EMPTY_BLOB Data Type | Data Types and Literals | Teradata Vantage - EMPTY_BLOB - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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Returns an empty BLOB (Binary Large Object), that is, one that contains 0 bytes.

EMPTY_BLOB takes zero input arguments.

EMPTY_BLOB is a scalar function whose return value data type is BLOB AS LOCATOR.

ANSI Compliance

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

Syntax

[TD_SYSFNLIB.] EMPTY_BLOB ()

Syntax Elements

TD_SYSFNLIB.
Name of the database where the function is located.