Refer to the following Teradata Database Orange Book for information about, and usage suggestions for, PPI and nonpartitioned NoPI tables, respectively.
- Jerry Klindt and Paul Sinclair, Partitioned Primary Index Usage (Single-Level and Multilevel Partitioning), Teradata Database Orange Book 541-0003869E02, 2008.
- Tam Ly, No Primary Index (NoPI) Table User’s Guide, Teradata Database Orange Book 541-0007565B02, 2009.
Refer to the following Teradata Database Orange Book for important usage information about column-partitioned tables and join indexes.
- Paul Sinclair, Increased Partition Limit and Other Partitioning Enhancements, Teradata Database Orange Book 541-0009027A02, 2011.
- Paul Sinclair and Carrie Ballinger, Teradata Columnar, Teradata Database Orange Book 541-0009036A02, 2011.
See “CREATE TABLE” in Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144 for information about the syntax used to create row-partitioned tables, nonpartitioned NoPI tables, and column-partitioned tables.
See ALTER TABLE (Basic Table Parameters) and “ALTER TABLE” in Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144 for information about how to modify table indexes.