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Teradata SQL Quick Reference Guide: Simplicity by Design, Second Edition

This document is an excerpt from the Teradata SQL Quick Reference Guide: Simplicity by Design, Second Edition. This particular section discusses techniques for specifically referencing table and columns across databases using qualifying names with up to three levels (database, table, column). It also introduces temporarily renaming tables with alias names. Examples are provided to demonstrate 2-level and 3-level qualifying of column names and tables.

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Teradata SQL Quick Reference Guide: Simplicity by Design, Second Edition

This document is an excerpt from the Teradata SQL Quick Reference Guide: Simplicity by Design, Second Edition. This particular section discusses techniques for specifically referencing table and columns across databases using qualifying names with up to three levels (database, table, column). It also introduces temporarily renaming tables with alias names. Examples are provided to demonstrate 2-level and 3-level qualifying of column names and tables.

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Teradata SQL Quick Reference Guide: Simplicity by Design, Second

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by Tom Coffing, Michael Larkins and Steve Wilmes
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Appendix E: Qualifying and Table Aliasing


This section provides techniques to specifically reference table and columns throughout all databases and to temporarily rename tables with
an alias name.

Qualifying Column Names


3-level reference: <database-name>.<table-name>.<column-name>
2-level reference: <database-name>.<table-name>
2-level reference: <table-name>.<column-name>

SELECT SQL_CLASS.Employee_Table.Dept_No
FROM Employee_Table ;

SELECT *
FROM SQL_CLASS.Employee_Table ;

SELECT Student_Table.Student_Id
FROM Student_Table
INNER JOIN Student_Course_Table
ON Student_Table.Student_Id
= Student_Course_Table.Student_Id ;

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