Overview - Parallel Transporter

Teradata® Parallel Transporter Application Programming Interface Programmer Guide

Product
Parallel Transporter
Release Number
16.20
Published
November 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2020-11-19
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

Teradata PT can be called from within an external stored procedure (XSP). An XSP is a code module, written in C or C++, which resides on the Teradata Database and is executed using the SQL CALL statement. Using Teradata PT in an XSP provides a potential performance improvement by minimizing data transfer between the client and the database server.

Calling the Teradata PT from within an XSP is only supported when using a 12.0 or later version of the Teradata Database. Using the Teradata PT in a user-defined function (UDF) is not currently supported.