SSC-EWI-TD0009

TEMPORAL column not supported.

Severity

Low

Description

Teradata provides temporal table support at the column level using derived period columns. These columns are not supported in Snowflake.

Example Code

Teradata:

IN -> Teradata_01.sql

CREATE MULTISET TABLE Policy(
      Policy_ID INTEGER,
      Customer_ID INTEGER,
      Policy_Type CHAR(2) NOT NULL,
      Policy_Details CHAR(40),
      Policy_Start DATE NOT NULL,
      Policy_End DATE NOT NULL,
      PERIOD FOR Validity(Policy_Start,Policy_End) AS VALIDTIME
      )
   PRIMARY INDEX(Policy_ID);

Snowflake Scripting:

OUT -> Teradata_01.sql

CREATE TABLE Policy (
   Policy_ID INTEGER,
   Customer_ID INTEGER,
   Policy_Type CHAR(2) NOT NULL,
   Policy_Details CHAR(40),
   Policy_Start DATE NOT NULL,
   Policy_End DATE NOT NULL,
   !!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TD0009 - TEMPORAL COLUMN NOT SUPPORTED ***/!!!
         PERIOD FOR Validity(Policy_Start,Policy_End) AS VALIDTIME
         )
         COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},"attributes":{"component":"teradata"}}'
         ;

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