SQL Definitions for the Ordering Method - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL External Routine Programming

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-03-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

The following CREATE METHOD statement installs the ordering method in the database:

CREATE METHOD circle_t_Ordering()
   RETURNS FLOAT
   FOR circle_t
   EXTERNAL NAME 'CS!c_order!udmsrc/c_order.c!F!circle_t_Ordering';

The following statement registers the circle_t_Ordering UDM as an ordering routine for the circle_t UDT:

CREATE ORDERING FOR circle_t
   ORDER FULL BY MAP WITH SPECIFIC METHOD circle_t_Ordering;