Number of Expressions in SELECT Statements - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

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February 2025
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All SELECT statements must have the same number of expressions.

If the first SELECT statement contains three expressions, all succeeding SELECT statements must contain three expressions.

You can use a null expression in a SELECT statement as a place holder for a missing expression.

In the following example, the second expression is null.

SELECT EmpNo, NULL (CHAR(5)) 
FROM Employee;