The SQL Quick Reference Guide

Simplicity by Design
The Select Command
The WHERE Clause
Comparators: AND/OR
Combining Comparators: AND/OR
Combining Multiple AND Comparators or Multiple OR Comparators
IS NULL Clause and IS NOT NULL Clause
NOT Clause
IN and NOT IN
 = ANY, NOT = ALL
BETWEEN
LIKE Clause
Aliasing Columns
ALIAS using NAMED
ORDER BY Clause
DISTINCT

Help, Show, Explain, User Information Functions

HELP
SHOW
User Information Functions
Default Database Command
Account
SELECT Database Command
SESSION

Data Conversions
CAST – ANSI
Implied Cast – Teradata
FORMAT
Tricking the ODBC to Format
CASESPECIFIC
NOT CASESPECIFIC
LOWER and UPPER

Aggregation Functions
SUM Function
AVERAGE Function
(AVG)
MINIMUM Function (MIN)
MAXIMUM Function (MAX)
COUNT Function (COUNT)
HAVING Clause
Subquery
Multiple Subqueries
Quantifiers
Correlated Subquery
Exists

Joins
Original Join Syntax
ANSI INNER Join Syntax (Newer Syntax)
Cartesian Product Join
ANSI OUTER JOIN Syntax
CROSS JOIN Syntax

Date and Time Processing

INTEGERDATE Formula
Selecting the DATE
ADD_MONTHS Function
EXTRACT Function
TIME and TIMESTAMP
System Calendar Columns

Character String Processing

 CHARACTERS Function
TRIM Function
SUBSTRING and SUBSTR Functions
POSITION and INDEX Functions
INDEX Function
String and Column Concatenation

OLAP Functions
Cumulative Sum Function (CSUM)
Moving Sum Function (MSUM)
Moving Average Function (MAVG)
Moving Difference Function (MDIFF)
QUANTILE Function
RANK Function
SAMPLE Function and SAMPLEID
RANDOM Function

Set Operator Commands

INTERSECT
UNION
EXCEPT
MINUS

Data Manipulation Language Commands

INSERT
Inserting NULL and Default Values
INSERT / SELECT
UPDATE
UPDATE with a Subquery
UPDATE with a Join
DELETE
Delete with a Join
Delete with a Subquery
UPSERT
UPSERT for TPUMP and MULTILOAD

DATA INTERROGATION
NULLIFZERO
NULLIF
ZEROIFNULL
COALESCE
CASE
Basic Syntax
Advanced Syntax
Horizontal Reporting
Nested CASE

Views
Create View Syntax
DROP Views
REPLACE Views
LOCKING FOR ACCESS

MACROS
CREATE Macro
EXECUTE Macro
 REPLACE Macro
DROP Macro

Transaction Processing
Locking Modifiers
Lock Types
Lock Syntax
Transaction Modes
Transaction Mode Types
Setting the Transaction Mode
Teradata Transaction Mode (BT/ET)
Commit Work
Abort/Rollback
Rollback Work
ROLLBACK WORK ;

Reporting Totals and Subtotals

Totals (WITH)
Subtotals (WITH..BY)
Multiple WITH..Bys

Data Definition Language

Create Table
Multiple Column Primary Index
SET | MULTISET Table
FALLBACK
Permanent Journal
Add Column Attributes
Column and Table Constraints
CREATE TABLE with copying an existing table
ALTER Table
DROP Table
RENAME Table
Secondary Indexes
Join Indexes
Collect Statistics
HELP STATISTICS
DROP STATISTICS
CREATE DATABASE
CREATE USER
DROP DATABASE or USER
Hashing Functions
HASHROW
HASHBUCKET
HASHAMP
HASHBAKAMP

Temporary Tables
Derived Tables
Volatile Temporary Tables
Global Temporary Tables
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE
DROP TEMPORARY TABLE

Triggers
BEFORE Triggers
AFTER Triggers
INSTEAD OF Triggers
 Sequencing Triggers

APPENDIX A: Current Reserved Words

Current Reserved Words
Future Reserved Words

APPENDIX B: Data Control Language (DCL)

Data Control Language (DCL) Statements
Privileges
GRANT Statement
REVOKE Statement
GIVE Statement

Appendix C: Data Types and Format Symbols

Format Symbols

Appendix D: Mathematical Functions

Appendix E: Qualifying and Table Aliasing

Qualifying Column Names
Creating an Alias for a Table

Appendix F: Stored Procedure Syntax