Example: Adding a Single-Column Partition - 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™

The following example adds a single-column partition using system-determined COLUMN format and autocompression to the orders table.

     ALTER TABLE orders 
     ADD (o_salesperson VARCHAR(5));

The following equivalent request performs the same actions to alter the table.

     ALTER TABLE orders 
     ADD o_salesperson VARCHAR(5);

Both requests alter the orders table to have the following definition with o_salesperson set to NULL in each row of the table.

     CREATE TABLE orders (
       o_orderkey    INTEGER NOT NULL,
       o_custkey     INTEGER,
       o_orderstatus CHARACTER(1) CASESPECIFIC,
       o_totalprice  DECIMAL(13,2) NOT NULL,
       o_ordertsz    TIMESTAMP(6) WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL,
       o_comment     VARCHAR(79),
       o_salesperson VARCHAR(5) )
     PARTITION BY (COLUMN ADD 4,
     RANGE_N(o_ordertsz 
             BETWEEN TIMESTAMP '2003-01-01 00:00:00.000000+00:00'
             AND     TIMESTAMP '2009-12-31 23:59:59.999999+00:00' 
             EACH INTERVAL '1' MONTH) ),
     UNIQUE INDEX(o_orderkey);