ADD COLUMN (column_name) - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.00
Published
September 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-23
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

The column partition containing the column uses COLUMN format, if it is not already defined with COLUMN format.

You can include columns in the join index with a data type of non-LOB XML, non-LOB ST_GEOMETRY, non-LOB JSON, and non-LOB DATASET. However, you cannot include these data types in the primary index of a join index.

A column in a join index cannot have a data type of BLOB, CLOB, BLOB-based UDT, CLOB-based UDT, VARIANT_TYPE, ARRAY, VARRAY, LOB XML, LOB ST_GEOMETRY, LOB JSON, or DATASET LOB.

AUTO COMPRESS
The column partition containing the column use COLUMN format with autocompression.
NO AUTO COMPRESS
The column partition containing the column use COLUMN format without autocompression.