Examples: Add or Modify Table Properties using ALTER TABLE (Datalake Form) - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

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VantageCloud
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Lake
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February 2025
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Add a table property

ALTER TABLE MyIceberg.MyDatabase.Tab1 ADD 
    TBLPROPERTIES('write.merge.mode'='copy-on-write');

Alter a table property

ALTER TABLE MyIceberg.MyDatabase.Tab1 ADD 
    TBLPROPERTIES('write.merge.mode'='merge-on-read');

Drop a table property

ALTER TABLE MyIceberg.MyDatabase.Tab1 DROP 
    TBLPROPERTIES('write.merge.mode'='merge-on-read');