Unsupported Data Types - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

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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Ordered analytical functions do not operate on the following data types:

  • CLOB or BLOB data types
  • UDT data types

Note that CLOB, BLOB, or UDT data types are usable inside an expression if the result is a supported data type. For example:

   SELECT
   RANK() OVER 
   (PARTITION BY(CASE WHEN b IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) ORDER BY id) 
   FROM btab;

However, the following example results in an error because the function cannot sort by BLOB:

   SELECT
   RANK() OVER 
   (PARTITION BY b ORDER BY id) 
   FROM btab;