For a complete description of the CREATE TABLE statement and AS clause, see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144.
{ CREATE | CT } [ table_kind ] TABLE target_table_name
[, create_table_options ]
( [ generated_columns, ] column_definitions )
AS { source_table_name | subquery } WITH [NO] DATA
[ PRIMARY TIME INDEX [ index_name ] (
timecode_data_type
[, timezero_date ]
[, timebucket_duration ]
[, COLUMNS ( column_list ) ]
[, { NONSEQUENCED | SEQUENCED [ ( seq_max ) ] } ]
) [ secondary_index_definitions ] [ commit_options ]
] [;]
Syntax Elements
- target_table_name
- The name of the target table, optionally prefaced by a database or user name, that CREATE TABLE AS creates.
- create_table_options
- All standard CREATE TABLE options for non-PTI tables apply to PTI tables. Syntax for these options is described in Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144.
- generated_columns
- These columns are generated automatically by Vantage. They are described in Automatically Generated Columns in PTI Tables.
- column_definitions
- Standard column definitions for the time series data that will be stored in the PTI table. For more information about standard column definitions in CREATE TABLE statements, see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144.
- source_table_name
- The name of the source table, optionally prefaced by a database or user name. The source table can be a PTI or non-PTI table.
- subquery
- A SELECT statement that explicitly chooses a subset of columns from the source table to be reproduced in the target table. If you use a subquery, you must also use the WITH DATA option. In order to create a PTI target table from a non-PTI source table, or create a non-PTI table from a PTI table, you must use a subquery, even if the source and target tables will have the same columns.For more information about subqueries in CREATE TABLE … AS statements, see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144.
- WITH [NO] DATA
- Determines whether the target table is populated with data from the source table or subquery, or exists as an defined but empty table.
- PRIMARY TIME INDEX
-
- If you specify the PRIMARY TIME INDEX clause, the target table will be a PTI table, regardless of the source table type.
- If you do not specify the PRIMARY TIME INDEX clause, the target table can be either a PTI table or a non-PTI table, depending on the source table type.