Rules For Using a DEFAULT Function As Part of a RESET WHEN Condition - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-30
dita:mapPath
tpt1555966086716.ditamap
dita:ditavalPath
lze1555437562152.ditaval
dita:id
B035-1145
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢
The following rules apply to the use of the DEFAULT function as part of a RESET WHEN condition:
  • You can specify a DEFAULT function with a column name argument within a predicate. The system evaluates the DEFAULT function to the default value of the column specified as its argument. After the system evaluates the DEFAULT function, it treats it like a literal in the predicate.
  • You can specify a DEFAULT function without a column name argument within a predicate only if there is one column specification and one DEFAULT function as the terms on each side of the comparison operator within the expression.
  • Following existing comparison rules, a condition with a DEFAULT function used with comparison operators other than IS [NOT] NULL is unknown if the DEFAULT function evaluates to null.

    A condition other than IS [NOT]NULL with a DEFAULT function compared with a null evaluates to unknown.

IF a DEFAULT function is used with... THEN the comparison is...
IS NULL TRUE if the default is null,

else it is FALSE.

IS NOT NULL FALSE if the default is null,

else it is TRUE.