Example: Inserting Rows into a Valid-Time Table - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

ANSI Temporal Table Support

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-27
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™
INSERT INTO employee_valid_time VALUES 
 (1001,'Sania',’TW08’,DATE'2002-01-01',DATE'2006-12-31');
INSERT INTO employee_vt VALUES 
 (1004,'Fred',’PW12’, DATE'2001-05-01',UNTIL_CHANGED);
INSERT INTO employee_vt VALUES 
 (1002,'Ash',’TA05’,DATE'2003-01-01',DATE'2003-12-31');
INSERT INTO employee_vt VALUES 
 (1003,'SRK',’TM02’,DATE'2004-02-10',DATE'2005-02-10');
INSERT INTO employee_vt VALUES 
 (1005,'Alice',’TW10’,DATE'2004-12-01',DATE’2005-12-01’);
INSERT INTO employee_vt VALUES 
 (1005,'Alice',’PW11’,DATE'2005-12-01',UNTIL_CHANGED);
INSERT INTO cmployee_vt VALUES 
 (1010,’Mike’,’TW07’,DATE'2015-01-01',DATE'2016-12-31');
Values for the start and end columns that constitute the valid-time period must be provided in the INSERT statement. UNTIL_CHANGED is a Teradata extension to ANSI that can be used when inserting rows into valid-time tables. It resolves to the maximum system DATE or TIMESTAMP value in accordance with the data type defined for the valid-time period ending bound column.