Example: Using FORMAT to Override Default Format - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
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Teradata VantageCloud Lake
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Published
February 2025
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Another example of overriding the column default and formatting the output:

SELECT salary (FORMAT '$$$,$$9.99')
FROM employee
WHERE empno = 10019 ;

The system returns:

    Salary
    ------
$28,600.00