Usage Notes - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

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™

CHECK constraints are applied to rows generated as candidates for INSERT and UPDATE operations.

You cannot specify CHECK constraints for Identity columns.

If the condition is met or the proposed INSERT or UPDATE contains NULLs, the operation is permitted.

If the condition is not met, an error is reported as a constraint violation. For details on the syntax, see CREATE TABLE in Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144.

For character data, constraints are checked using the current session collation. Therefore, it is possible for a value to meet the constraint for one collation and violate the constraint for another collation.

Also see Teradata Vantage™ - Database Design, B035-1094.