COMMENT Examples | Teradata Vantage - Example: Placing a Comment - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
Published
January 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-22
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Teradata Vantage™

This statement specifies a description of the name column in the employee table, which is assumed to be in the current database by default because employee is not qualified with a database name. You must specify the keyword COLUMN.

    COMMENT ON COLUMN employee.name 
      IS 'Employee name, last name followed by first initial';