Teradata Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake - db_python_package_version_diff - Teradata Package for Python - Look here for syntax, methods and examples for the functions included in the Teradata Package for Python.
Teradata® Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake
- Deployment
- VantageCloud
- Edition
- Lake
- Product
- Teradata Package for Python
- Release Number
- 20.00.00.08
- Published
- November 2025
- ft:locale
- en-US
- ft:lastEdition
- 2025-12-05
- dita:id
- TeradataPython_FxRef_Lake_2000
- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage
- teradataml.dbutils.dbutils.db_python_package_version_diff = db_python_package_version_diff(packages=None)
- DESCRIPTION:
Function to get the difference of the Python packages installed on Vantage and
in the current environment mentioned in the argument "packages".
Notes:
* Using this function is valid only when Python interpreter and add-on packages
are installed on the Vantage node.
* This function also checks for differences in Python packages versions given
part of package name as string.
PARAMETERS:
packages:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the name(s) of the Python package(s) for which the difference
in the versions is to be fetched from Vantage.
Notes:
* If this argument is None, all the packages installed on Vantage are considered.
* If any package is present in Vantage but not in the current environment, then None
is shown as the version of the package in the current environment.
Types: str or list of str
RETURNS:
pandas DataFrame
RAISES:
TeradataMlException.
EXAMPLES:
# Note:
# These examples will work only when the Python packages are installed on Vantage.
# Example 1: Get the difference in the versions of Python package 'dill' installed on Vantage.
>>> db_python_package_version_diff("dill")
package vantage local
0 dill 0.10.0 0.11.2
# Example 2: Get the difference in the versions of all Python packages installed on Vantage.
>>> db_python_package_version_diff()
package vantage local
0 scikit-learn 1.3.3 0.24.2
1 dill 0.10.0 0.11.2
...
532 attrs 18.2.0 17.0.0