Example: CREATE TABLE AS Statement Contains Special Characters - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

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February 2025
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In this example, the CREATE TABLE AS statement contains special characters in the pivot query IN list.

CREATE TABLE t1 AS 
(SELECT *
FROM s1 PIVOT (SUM(sales) FOR mon IN (U&"#FAD7" UESCAPE '#')) tmp ) WITH DATA;
*** Failure 4306 Invalid PIVOT query: Unsupported In-List Values/Expressions.
                Statement# 1, Info =0 
 *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.