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Updated on 2024-04-28 GMT+08:00
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TITLE

The keyword TITLE is supported for Teradata Permanent, Global Temporary and Volatile tables. In the migration process, the TITLE text is migrated as a comment.

If the TITLE text is split across multiple lines, then in the migrated script, the line breaks (ENTER) are replaced with a space.

Input: CREATE TABLE with TITLE

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CREATE TABLE tab1 (
  c1  NUMBER(2) TITLE 'column_a'
);

Output

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CREATE TABLE tab1 (
  c1  NUMBER(2) /* TITLE 'column_a' */
);

Input: TABLE with multiline TITLE

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CREATE TABLE tab1 (
  c1  NUMBER(2) TITLE 'This is a
very long title'
);

Output

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CREATE TABLE tab1 (
  c1  NUMBER(2) /* TITLE 'This is a  very long title' */
);

Input: TABLE with COLUMN TITLE

DSC migrates COLUMN TITLE as a new outer query.

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SELECT customer_id (TITLE 'cust_id') 
FROM Customer_T
WHERE cust_id > 10;

Output

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SELECT
          customer_id  AS "cust_id"
     FROM
          (
               SELECT
                         customer_id
                    FROM
                         Customer_T
                    WHERE
                         cust_id > 10
          )
;

Input: TABLE with COLUMN TITLE and QUALIFY

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SELECT ord_id 
(TITLE 'Order_Id'), order_date, customer_id
  FROM order_t
WHERE Order_Id > 100
QUALIFY ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY order_date DESC) <= 5;

Output

SELECT
          "mig_tmp_alias1" AS "Order_Id"
     FROM
          (
               SELECT
                         ord_id AS "mig_tmp_alias1"
                         ,ROW_NUMBER( ) OVER( PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY order_date DESC ) AS ROW_NUM1
                    FROM
                         order_t
                    WHERE
                         Order_Id > 100
          ) Q1
     WHERE
          Q1.ROW_NUM1 <= 5
;

TITLE with ALIAS

If the TITLE is accompanied with an ALIAS, the tool will migrate it as follows:

  • TITLE with AS: Tool will migrate it with the AS alias.
  • TITLE with NAMED: Tool will migrate it with NAMED alias.
  • TITLE with NAMED and AS: Tool will migrate it with AS alias.

Input: TABLE TITLE with NAMED and AS

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SELECT  Acct_ID (TITLE 'Acc Code') (NAMED XYZ)  AS "Account Code"
        ,Acct_Name (TITLE 'Acc Name')
FROM    GT_JCB_01030_Acct_PBU
where "Account Code" > 500  group by "Account Code" ,Acct_Name ;

Output

SELECT
          Acct_ID AS "Account Code"
          ,Acct_Name AS "Acc Name"
     FROM
          GT_JCB_01030_Acct_PBU
     WHERE
          Acct_ID > 500
     GROUP BY
          Acct_ID ,Acct_Name
;

Currently the Migration tool supports the migration of the TITLE command included in the initial CREATE/ALTER statement. The subsequent references of the TITLE specified column are not supported. For example, in the CREATE TABLE statement below, the column eid with the TITLE Employee ID will be migrated to a comment but the reference of eid in the SELECT statement will be retained as it is.

Input

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CREATE TABLE tab1 ( eid INT TITLE 'Employee ID');
SELECT eid FROM tab1;

Output

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CREATE TABLE tab1 (eid INT /*TITLE 'Employee ID'*/);
SELECT eid from tab1;

TITLE with CREATE VIEW

Input

REPLACE VIEW ${STG_VIEW}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC}  
AS  
LOCK TABLE ${STG_DATA}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC} FOR ACCESS
SELECT   AUM_DATE (TITLE '    ')
      ,CLNTCODE (TITLE '    ')
      ,ACCTYPE (TITLE '    ')
      ,CCY (TITLE '  ')
      ,BAL_AMT (TITLE '  ')
      ,MON_BAL_AMT (TITLE '    ')
      ,HK_CLNTCODE (TITLE '   ')
      ,MNT_DATE (TITLE '    ')
FROM ${STG_DATA}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC};
it should be migrated as below:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW ${STG_VIEW}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC} 
AS 
/*LOCK TABLE ${STG_DATA}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC} FOR ACCESS */
SELECT   AUM_DATE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,CLNTCODE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,ACCTYPE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,CCY  /* (TITLE '  ') */
      ,BAL_AMT  /* (TITLE '  ') */
      ,MON_BAL_AMT  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,HK_CLNTCODE  /* (TITLE '   ') */
      ,MNT_DATE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
FROM ${STG_DATA}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC};

Output

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW ${STG_VIEW}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC} 
AS 
/*LOCK TABLE ${STG_DATA}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC} FOR ACCESS */
SELECT   AUM_DATE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,CLNTCODE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,ACCTYPE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,CCY  /* (TITLE '  ') */
      ,BAL_AMT  /* (TITLE '  ') */
      ,MON_BAL_AMT  /* (TITLE '    ') */
      ,HK_CLNTCODE  /* (TITLE '   ') */
      ,MNT_DATE  /* (TITLE '    ') */
FROM ${STG_DATA}.B971_AUMSUMMARY${TABLE_SUFFIX_INC};
Parent topic: Migrating Tables