Possible Window Specification Result Overflow with SELECT Sum - Teradata Vantage

When using this function, the result can create an overflow when the data type and format are not in sync. For a column defined as:

Salary Decimal(15,2) Format '$ZZZ,ZZ9.99'

The following query:

SELECT SUM (Salary) FROM Employee;

causes an overflow because the decimal operand and the format are not in sync.

To avoid possible overflows, explicitly specify the format for decimal sum to specify a format large enough to accommodate the decimal sum resultant data type.

SELECT Sum(Salary) (format '$Z,ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZ9.99) FROM Employee;