Databases and Users - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Database Introduction

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-23
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

While Teradata Database is a collection of related tables, views, stored procedures, macros, and so on, it also contains databases and users.

A database and a user are almost identical in Teradata Database. The major difference is that a user can log on to the system whereas the database cannot.