Teradata Parallel Data Pump

Chapter 3: Teradata TPump Commands
TABLE
TABLE
Purpose
The TABLE command identifies a table whose column names and data descriptions are used
as the names and data descriptions of the input record fields. These are assigned in the order
defined. The TABLE command must be used with the LAYOUT command.
Syntax
.TABLE
tableref
;
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where
Syntax Element
tableref
Description
Existing table whose column names and data descriptions are assigned, in the
order defined, to fields of the input data records
The column names of the table specified by the TABLE command must be
Teradata SQL column names that do not require being enclosed in quotation
marks. Tables cannot be created with invalid column names. Any nonstandard
column name causes one of three kinds of errors, depending on the nature of
the divergence from the standard. These errors are:
• Embedded blanks cause a syntax error, depending on the non-blank
contents of the name.
• Invalid characters cause an invalid name error.
• Reserved words cause a syntax error that mentions invalid use of the
reserved word.
Usage Notes
One or more TABLE commands may be intermixed with the FIELD command or FILLER
command following a LAYOUT command.
This method of specifying record layout fields assumes each field, as defined by the data
description of the corresponding column of tableref, is contiguous with the previous one,
beginning at the next available character position beyond any previous field specifications for
the input records. The fields must appear in the order defined for the columns of the table.
The object identified by the tableref parameter must be a table. It need not appear as a
parameter of the BEGIN LOAD command, but the user must either be an owner of the object
or have at least one privilege on it. If specified as an unqualified table name, the current
default database qualifies it.
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