Teradata Parallel Data Pump

Chapter 3: Teradata TPump Commands
Syntax Notes
Table 24: Teradata TPump Commands (continued)
Command
IF
IMPORT
LAYOUT
LOGOFF
LOGON
LOGTABLE
NAME
PARTITION
ROUTE
RUN FILE
SET
SYSTEM
TABLE
Definition
The IF command is followed by a conditional expression which, if true, executes
commands and statements following the IF command. See IF, ELSE, and
ENDIF.
Identifies the data source, layout, and optional selection criteria to the client
program.
Specifies layout of the externally stored data records to be used in the Teradata
TPump task. This command is used in conjunction with an immediately
following sequence of FIELD, FILLER, and TABLE commands.
Disconnects all active sessions and terminates execution of Teradata TPump on
the client.
Establishes a Teradata SQL session on Teradata Database, and specifies the
LOGON string to be used in connecting all sessions required by subsequent
functions.
Identifies the table to be used for journaling checkpoint information required
for safe, automatic restart of Teradata TPump in the event of a client or Teradata
Database failure.
Sets the utility variable &SYSJOBNAME with a job name of up to 16 characters.
Establishes session partitions to transfer SQL requests to Teradata Database.
Identifies the destination of output produced by Teradata TPump.
Invokes the specified external source as the current source of commands and
statements.
Assigns a data type and a value to a utility variable.
Suspends Teradata TPump to issue commands to the local operating system.
Identifies a table whose column names and data descriptions are used as the
names and data descriptions of the input record fields. Used in place of, or in
addition to, the FIELD command. This command is used with the LAYOUT
command.
Note: When UTF-16 session character set is used, the TABLE command will
generate a field of CHAR(2n) for the CHAR(n) typed column and a field of
VARCHAR(2m) for the VARCHAR(m) typed column because each character in
the column takes 2-byte storage when using UTF-16 session character set.
Teradata TPump Teradata SQL Statements
The following Teradata SQL statements supported by Teradata TPump are included in this
chapter because they require special considerations for use with Teradata TPump. They are
used for loading purposes and for creating Teradata TPump macros. The syntax and use of
these Teradata SQL statements is described in detail in this chapter.
Table 25 lists the Teradata SQL Statements supported by Teradata TPump.
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