Example: Null Expansion Period Producing a Null Expanded Value - Teradata Vantage

This example shows how a null expansion period produces a null expanded value. In this example, the value for PERIOD(DATE) in column pd is null, so the expansion on pd, expd, is also null. (The table is on the Block File System.)

     CREATE SET TABLE DF2.t4, NO FALLBACK, NO BEFORE JOURNAL,
                              NO AFTER JOURNAL, CHECKSUM = DEFAULT (
       x  INTEGER NOT NULL,
       y  INTEGER NOT NULL,
       pd PERIOD(DATE))
     PRIMARY INDEX (x);

First show that column pd is null.

     SELECT *
     FROM t4;

      *** Query completed. One row found. 3 columns returned.
      *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.
      x            y           pd
     -----------  -----------  -----------------------------------------
              10           30  ?

Then show that the expansion on pd aliased as expd, is also null.

     SELECT x, expd
     FROM t4
     EXPAND ON pd AS expd;

      *** Query completed. One row found. 2 columns returned.
      *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.
               x  expd
     -----------  ------------------------------------------------
              10  ?