Defining Input and Output Files for z/OS BTEQ - Basic Teradata Query

Defining Input and Output Files for z/OS BTEQ

Input and output files must be defined to use BTEQ.

In interactive mode, BTEQ defines these files automatically in the initialization phase.

In batch mode, the files are user defined and must be defined before invoking BTEQ.

File Type	ddname	Description
Input	SYSIN	Contains the Teradata SQL statements and BTEQ commands that make up a BTEQ job.
Output	SYSPRINT	Receives the results of the BTEQ job from the Teradata Database.

To execute BTEQ in interactive mode, either clear the SYSIN file or define it as TERMINAL.

Note: BTEQ writes lowercase letters to its output file. If a printer does not support lowercase letters, use FOLDMODE on printer output to map lowercase characters to uppercase characters.