Core Data Type Attributes | Data Types and Literals | Teradata Vantage - Core Data Type Attributes - 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™

The following table lists the main Teradata SQL data type attributes.

Data Type Attribute ANSI Teradata Extension to ANSI
NOT NULL X  
UPPERCASE   X
[NOT] CASESPECIFIC   X
FORMAT format_string   X
TITLE char_string   X
AS name X  
NAMED name   X
DEFAULT value X  
DEFAULT USER   X
DEFAULT DATE   X
DEFAULT TIME   X
DEFAULT NULL X  
WITH DEFAULT   X
WITH TIME ZONE X  
CHARACTER SET X  

The expression “data type attributes” is non-ANSI, as are attributes such as TITLE and FORMAT.

Restrictions apply to some attributes. For example, you cannot use the WITH DEFAULT attribute with UDT data types. For more information, see: