SSC-EWI-TD0009

TEMPORAL column not supported.

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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 OR REPLACE 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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