Special-Value Handling (Aster Export Source) - Aster Client

Teradata Aster® Client Guide

Product
Aster Client
Release Number
7.00
Published
May 2017
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-04-13
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Product Category
Software

The Teradata Aster SSIS Connector uses Aster Export Source to provide special-value handling when mapping certain Aster Database types to SSIS (see the table below):

  • NaN
  • -/+Infinity
  • Out-of-range values
    Special-value handling (Aster Export Source)
    Aster SSIS Special Values Out-of-Range
    Real DT_R4 NaN, +/- Infinity  
    Double DT_R8 NaN, +/- Infinity  
    Numeric DT_R8/DT_Decimal/DT_Numeric NaN  
    Date DT_DBDATE +/- Infinity < 0001-01-01 (with “BC”) > 9999-12-31
    Timestamp DT_TIMESTAMP2 +/- Infinity < 0001-01-01 (with “BC”) > 9999-12-31
    Timestamptz DT_DATETIMESTAMPOFFSET +/- Infinity < 0001-01-01 (with “BC”) > 9999-12-31

For more information, see Configuring Special Value Settings.