ANSI Compliance
This statement is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.
Deletes one or more rows from system-time tables.
Syntax
There is no special additional temporal syntax for the DELETE statement when used on a system-time table. The syntax is identical to that used for nontemporal tables. That syntax is described fully in Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Manipulation Language, B035-1146.
Usage Notes
- Although the syntax for a DELETE statement is identical for system-time and non-temporal tables, the effects are different, because rows are not physically deleted from system-time tables as a result of a DELETE.
- Because rows are not normally physically deleted from system-time tables, the storage required for these tables will not decrease, even when rows are deleted. To physically delete closed rows from system-time tables, drop the system versioning from the table. This automatically physically deletes all closed rows from the table.
For purposes of archiving closed rows prior to deletion, closed rows may be copied to new tables by means of INSERT ... SELECT operations, after which the new tables can be archived.