Example - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Date and Time Functions and Expressions

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2023-10-30
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If we assume that the employee table, created by the following SQL statement:

CREATE MULTISET TABLE employee(empno    INTEGER,
                               ename    VARCHAR(50),
                               deptno   INTEGER,
                               jobstart DATE NOT NULL,
                               jobend   DATE NOT NULL,
                               PERIOD FOR jobduration(jobstart, jobend))
                               PRIMARY INDEX(empno);

contains the following row:

INSERT INTO employee(1025, 'John', '999', DATE'2005-02-03', UNTIL_CHANGED);

The following SELECT statement:

SELECT empno,ename(CHAR(30)) FROM employee WHERE END(jobduration) IS UNTIL_CHANGED;

returns:

empno ename
------ ------
  1025   John