Teradata Parallel Data Pump

Chapter 3: Teradata TPump Commands
SET
SET
Purpose
The SET command assigns a data type and a value to a utility variable. Variables need not be
declared in advance to be the object of the SET command. If a variable does not already exist,
the SET command creates it.
The SET command also dynamically changes the data type to that of the assigned value if it
has already been defined. Variables used to the right of TO in the expression must have already
been defined.
Syntax
.SET
var
TO
expression
;
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where
Syntax Element
var
expression
Description
Name of the utility variable which is set to the evaluated expression
following it
Value and data type to which the utility variable is to be set
Usage Notes
The utility variable can be substituted wherever substitution is allowed.
If the expression evaluates to a numeric value, the symbol is assigned an integer value, as in:
.SET FOONUM TO -151 ;
If the expression is a quoted string, the symbol is assigned a string value, as in:
.SET FOOCHAR TO '-151' ;
The minimum and maximum limits for Floating Point data types are as follows:
4.0E-75