SnowConvert AI - Teradata - Session Modes in Teradata¶

Teradata session modes description¶

The Teradata database has different modes for running queries: ANSI Mode (rules based on the ANSI SQL: 2011 specifications) and TERA mode (rules defined by Teradata). Please review the following Teradata documentation for more information.

Teradata mode for strings informative table¶

For strings, the Teradata Mode works differently. As it is explained in the following table based on the Teradata documentation:

Feature	ANSI mode	Teradata mode
Default attribute for character comparisons	CASESPECIFIC	NOT CASESPECIFIC
Default TRIM behavior	TRIM(BOTH FROM)	TRIM(BOTH FROM)

Translation specification summary¶

Mode	Column constraint values	Teradata behavior	SC expected behavior
ANSI Mode	CASESPECIFIC	CASESPECIFIC	No constraint added.
	NOT CASESPECIFIC	CASESPECIFIC	Add `COLLATE 'en-cs'` in column definition.
Teradata Mode	CASESPECIFIC	CASESPECIFIC	In most cases, do not add COLLATE, and convert its usages of string comparison to `RTRIM( expression )`
	NOT CASESPECIFIC	NOT CASESPECIFIC	In most cases, do not add COLLATE, and convert its usages of string comparison to `RTRIM(UPPER( expression ))`

Available translation specification options¶

TERA Mode For Strings Comparison - NO COLLATE
TERA Mode For Strings Comparison - COLLATE
ANSI Mode For Strings Comparison - NO COLLATE
ANSI Mode For Strings Comparison - COLLATE

ANSI Mode For Strings Comparison - COLLATE¶

This section defines the translation specification for a string in ANSI mode with the use of COLLATE.

Description ¶

ANSI mode for string comparison and COLLATE usage¶

The ANSI mode string comparison will apply the COLLATE constraint to the columns or statements as required. The default case specification trim behavior may be taken into account.

Notice that in Teradata, the default case specification is ‘CASESPECIFIC’, the same default as in Snowflake ‘case-sensitive'. Thus, these cases will not be translated with a COLLATE because it will be redundant.

Sample Source Patterns ¶

Setup data¶

Teradata¶

 CREATE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    last_name VARCHAR(50) CASESPECIFIC,
    department VARCHAR(50)
);

INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    location VARCHAR(100) CASESPECIFIC,
    PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
);


INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Snowflake¶

 CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50),
    last_name VARCHAR(50),
    department VARCHAR(50)
)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "07/02/2025",  "domain": "no-domain-provided" }}'
;

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50),
    location VARCHAR(100),
       PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
   )
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "07/02/2025",  "domain": "no-domain-provided" }}'
;

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Comparison operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name = 'GEorge ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    *
FROM
    employees
WHERE
    COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') = RTRIM('George');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'SNOW ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

SELECT
 *
FROM
 employees
WHERE
 RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('SNOW ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Case 3: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'George   ' (CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Note

COLLATE ‘en-cs’ is required for functional equivalence.

Query¶

 SELECT
    *
FROM
    employees
WHERE
    COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') = 'George   ' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 4: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'GEorge   ' (NOT CASESPECIFIC) ;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales
7	GEORGE		salEs

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('GEorge   ' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales
7	GEORGE		salEs

Case 5: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name (NOT CASESPECIFIC)  = 'George    ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Note

It requires COLLATE.

Query¶

 SELECT
   * 
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   COLLATE(first_name /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/, 'en-cs-rtrim') = 'George    ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

LIKE operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'George';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') LIKE 'George';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'Snow';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE RTRIM(last_name) LIKE RTRIM('Snow');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources

Case 3: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'Mary' (CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
5	Mary		SaleS

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') LIKE 'Mary' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
5	Mary		SaleS

Case 4: CAST CASESPECIFC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'SNO%' (NOT CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(last_name) LIKE RTRIM('SNO%' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources

IN Operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name IN ('George   ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Note

This case requires COLLATE(column_name, 'en-cs-rtrim')

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(first_name) IN (COLLATE('George   ', 'en-cs-rtrim'));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Note

For this case, the column does not have a column constraint, but the default constraint in Teradata ANSI mode is CASESPECIFIC.

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE department IN ('EngineerinG    ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(department) IN (RTRIM('EngineerinG    '));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG

ORDER BY clause¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
GeorgE
GEORGE
GEORGE
George
John
JOHN
JOHN
Marco
Mary
WIlle

Snowflake¶

Warning

Please review FDM. Pending to add.

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name
FROM
   employees
ORDER BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
GeorgE
George
GEORGE
GEORGE
John
JOHN
JOHN
Marco
Mary
WIlle

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY last_name;

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Output¶

department
EngineerinG
Engineering
Finance
Human resources
IT
SalEs
SaleS
Sales
salEs
sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   last_name
FROM
   employees
ORDER BY last_name;

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Output¶

department
EngineerinG
Engineering
Finance
Human resources
IT
SalEs
SaleS
Sales
salEs
sales

GROUP BY clause¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
Mary
GeorgE
WIlle
JOHN
Marco
GEORGE

Snowflake¶

Warning

The case or order may differ in output.

Note

RTRIM is required in selected columns.

Query¶

   SELECT
   first_name
  FROM
   employees
  GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
John
Marco
George
GeorgE
WIlle
Mary

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY last_name;

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Output¶

last_name
SnoW

SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

Snowflake¶

Note

The order may differ.

Query¶

 SELECT
   last_name
  FROM
   employees
  GROUP BY last_name;

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Output¶

first_name
Snow
SNOW
SnoW

SnoW
snow

HAVING clause¶

The HAVING clause will use the patterns in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name
HAVING first_name = 'Mary';

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Output¶

Mary

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Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
  first_name
FROM
  employees
GROUP BY first_name
HAVING
   COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') = 'Mary';

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Output¶

Mary

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CASE WHEN statement¶

The CASE WHEN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name,
      last_name,
      CASE
          WHEN department = 'EngineerinG' THEN 'Information Technology'
          WHEN first_name = '    GeorgE   ' THEN 'GLOBAL SALES'
          ELSE 'Other'
      END AS department_full_name
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = '';

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		Other
Mary		Other
GeorgE		GLOBAL SALES
GEORGE		Other

Snowflake¶

Query¶

    SELECT
   first_name,
   last_name,
   CASE
         WHEN RTRIM(department) = RTRIM('EngineerinG')
            THEN 'Information Technology'
         WHEN COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim')  = '    GeorgE   '
            THEN 'GLOBAL SALES'
       ELSE 'Other'
   END AS department_full_name
FROM
   employees
WHERE RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('');

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
Mary		Other
GEORGE		Other
GEORGE		Other
GeorgE		GLOBAL SALES

JOIN clause¶

Warning

Simple scenarios with evaluation operations are supported.

The JOIN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    e.employee_id,
    e.first_name,
    e.last_name,
    d.department_name
FROM
    employees e
JOIN
    departments d
ON
    e.department = d.department_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Snowflake¶

Note

d.department_name is NOT CASESPECIFIC, so it requires COLLATE.

Query¶

    SELECT
   e.employee_id,
   e.first_name,
   e.last_name,
   d.department_name
FROM
   employees e
JOIN
   departments d
ON COLLATE(e.department, 'en-cs-rtrim') = d.department_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

ANSI Mode For Strings Comparison - NO COLLATE¶

This section defines the translation specification for a string in ANSI mode without the use of COLLATE.

Description ¶

ANSI mode for string comparison and NO COLATE usages.¶

The ANSI mode string comparison without the use of COLLATE will apply RTRIM and UPPER as needed. The default case specification trim behavior may be taken into account, so if a column does not have a case specification in Teradata ANSI mode, Teradata will have as default CASESPECIFIC.

Sample Source Patterns ¶

Setup data¶

Teradata¶

 CREATE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    last_name VARCHAR(50) CASESPECIFIC,
    department VARCHAR(50)
);

INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    location VARCHAR(100) CASESPECIFIC,
    PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
);


INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Snowflake¶

 CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50),
    last_name VARCHAR(50),
    department VARCHAR(50)
)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "10/30/2024",  "domain": "test" }}'
;

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50),
    location VARCHAR(100),
       PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
   )
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "10/30/2024",  "domain": "test" }}'
;

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Comparison operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name = 'George      ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
 *
FROM
employees
WHERE
RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('George      ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'SNOW ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
 *
FROM
employees
WHERE
 RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('SNOW ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Case 3: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Warning

The (CASESPECIFIC) overwrite the column constraint in the table definition.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'GEorge   ' (CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM workers
WHERE RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM(UPPER('GEorge   '));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 4: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'SnoW   ' (NOT CASESPECIFIC) ;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees
WHERE RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('SnoW   ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG

LIKE operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'Georg%';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'Georg%';

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'Snow';

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'Snow';

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 3: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'George' (NOT CASESPECIFIC);

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   first_name ILIKE 'George' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 4: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'SNO%' (NOT CASESPECIFIC);

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   last_name LIKE 'SNO%' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources

IN Operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name IN ('GEORGE   ');

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
6	GEORGE		sales
7	GEORGE		salEs

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE RTRIM(first_name) IN (RTRIM('GEORGE   '));

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
6	GEORGE		sales
7	GEORGE		salEs

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE department IN ('SaleS');

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
5	Mary		SaleS

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE RTRIM(department) IN (RTRIM('SaleS'));

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
5	Mary		SaleS

ORDER BY clause¶

Note

Notice that this functional equivalence can differ.

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT department_name
FROM departments
ORDER BY department_name;

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Output¶

department
EngineerinG
Engineering
Finance
Human resources
IT
SalEs
SaleS
Sales
salEs
sales

Snowflake¶

Note

Please review FDM. The order differs in the order of insertion of data.

Query¶

 SELECT
   department_name
FROM
   departments
ORDER BY
   UPPER(department_name);

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Output¶

department
EngineerinG
Engineering
Finance
Human resources
IT
SalEs
SaleS
Sales
salEs
sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY last_name;

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Output¶

department
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY last_name;

Copy

Output¶

department
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Sales

GROUP BY clause¶

Warning

To ensure a functional equivalence, it is required to use the COLLATE expression.

Please review the SSC-EWI-TD0007 for more information.

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name;

Copy

Output¶

first_name
Mary
GeorgE
WIlle
John
Marco
GEORGE

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name
FROM
   employees
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TD0007 - GROUP BY IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN TERADATA MODE ***/!!!
GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

FIRST_NAME
George
John
WIlle
Marco
Mary
GEORGE
GEORGE
GeorgE
JOHN
JOHN

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY last_name;

Copy

Output¶

last_name
SnoW

SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   last_name
FROM
   employees
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TD0007 - GROUP BY IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN TERADATA MODE ***/!!!
GROUP BY last_name;

Copy

Output¶

last_name
SnoW

SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

HAVING clause¶

The HAVING clause will use the patterns in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name
HAVING first_name = 'GEORGE';

Copy

Output¶

GEORGE

Copy

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name
FROM
   employees
GROUP BY first_name
HAVING
   RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('GEORGE');

Copy

Output¶

GEORGE

Copy

CASE WHEN statement¶

The CASE WHEN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name,
      last_name,
      CASE
          WHEN department = 'SaleS  ' THEN 'GLOBAL SALES'
          WHEN first_name = 'GEORGE   ' THEN 'Department Full Name'
          ELSE 'Other'
      END AS department_full_name
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = '   ';

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		Department Full Name
Mary		GLOBAL SALES
GeorgE		Other
GEORGE		Department Full Name

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
      first_name,
      last_name,
      CASE
            WHEN UPPER(RTRIM(department)) = UPPER(RTRIM('SaleS  '))
                  THEN 'GLOBAL SALES'
            WHEN UPPER(RTRIM(first_name)) = UPPER(RTRIM('GEORGE   '))
                  THEN 'Department Full Name'
          ELSE 'Other'
      END AS department_full_name
FROM
      employees
WHERE
      UPPER(RTRIM( last_name)) = UPPER(RTRIM('   '));

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		Department Full Name
Mary		GLOBAL SALES
GeorgE		Other
GEORGE		Department Full Name

JOIN clause¶

Warning

Simple scenarios are supported.

The JOIN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    e.employee_id,
    e.first_name,
    e.last_name,
    d.department_name
FROM
    employees e
JOIN
    departments d
ON
    e.department = d.department_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   e.employee_id,
   e.first_name,
   e.last_name,
   d.department_name
FROM
   employees e
JOIN
      departments d
ON RTRIM(e.department) = RTRIM(d.department_name);

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Related EWIs¶

SSC-EWI-TD0007: GROUP BY IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN TERADATA MODE

TERA Mode For Strings Comparison - COLLATE¶

This section defines the translation specification for string in Tera mode with the use of COLLATE.

Description ¶

Tera Mode for string comparison and COLLATE usage¶

The Tera Mode string comparison will apply the COLLATE constraint to the columns or statements as required. The default case specification trim behavior may be taken into account. The default case specification in Teradata for TERA mode is NOT CASESPECIFIC. Thus, the columns without case specification will have COLLATE('en-ci') constraints.

Sample Source Patterns ¶

Setup data¶

Teradata¶

 CREATE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    last_name VARCHAR(50) CASESPECIFIC,
    department VARCHAR(50)
);

INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    location VARCHAR(100) CASESPECIFIC,
    PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
);


INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Snowflake¶

 CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50) COLLATE 'en-ci',
    last_name VARCHAR(50),
    department VARCHAR(50) COLLATE 'en-ci'
)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "11/01/2024",  "domain": "test" }}'
;

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50) COLLATE 'en-ci',
    location VARCHAR(100),
       PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
   )
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "11/01/2024",  "domain": "test" }}'
;

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Comparison operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name = 'GEorge ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
 *
FROM
 employees
WHERE
 RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('GEorge ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'SNOW ';

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

SELECT
 *
FROM
 employees
WHERE
 RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('SNOW ');

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Case 3: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Note

Notice that the following queries

SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'JOHN ' (CASESPECIFIC)
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name (CASESPECIFIC) = 'JOHN '

will return the same values.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'JOHN   ' (CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
9	JOHN	SnoW	IT
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    *
FROM
    employees
WHERE 
    COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') = 'JOHN   ' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
9	JOHN	SnoW	IT
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Case 4: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Note

CAST to a column on the left side of the comparison has priority.

For example:

SELECT * FROM employees WHERE last_name (NOT CASESPECIFIC) = 'snoW'; will return 5 rows.
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'snoW' (NOT CASESPECIFIC); will return 0 rows with this setup data.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE last_name (NOT CASESPECIFIC)  = 'snoW' ;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   COLLATE(last_name /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/, 'en-ci-rtrim') = 'snoW' ;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
2	John	SNOW	Engineering
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

LIKE operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'GeorgE';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(first_name) LIKE RTRIM('GeorgE');

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'Snow';

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(last_name) LIKE RTRIM('Snow');

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 3: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'George' (CASESPECIFIC);

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    *
FROM
    employees
WHERE
    COLLATE(first_name, 'en-cs-rtrim') LIKE 'George';

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales

Case 4: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'SNO%' (NOT CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(last_name) LIKE RTRIM('SNO%' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

IN Operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name IN ('George   ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(first_name) IN (RTRIM('George   '));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 2: Column constraint is not defined and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Note

In Tera mode, not defined case specification means NOT CASESPECIFIC.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE department IN ('Sales    ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
5	Mary		SaleS
6	GEORGE		sales
7	GEORGE		salEs
8	GeorgE		SalEs

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(department) IN (RTRIM('Sales    '));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
5	Mary		SaleS
6	GEORGE		sales
7	GEORGE		salEs
8	GeorgE		SalEs

Case 3: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name IN ('SNOW   ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(last_name) IN (RTRIM('SNOW   '));

Copy

Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

ORDER BY clause¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT employee_id, first_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY employee_id, first_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name
1	George
2	John
3	WIlle
4	Marco
5	Mary
6	GEORGE
7	GEORGE
8	GeorgE
9	JOHN
10	JOHN

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT employee_id, first_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY employee_id, first_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name
1	George
2	John
3	WIlle
4	Marco
5	Mary
6	GEORGE
7	GEORGE
8	GeorgE
9	JOHN
10	JOHN

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT employee_id, last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY employee_id, last_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	last_name
1	Snow
2	SNOW
3	SNOW
4	SnoW
5
6
7
8
9	SnoW
10	snow

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT employee_id, last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY employee_id, last_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	last_name
1	Snow
2	SNOW
3	SNOW
4	SnoW
5
6
7
8
9	SnoW
10	snow

GROUP BY clause¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
Mary
GeorgE
WIlle
JOHN
Marco
GEORGE

Snowflake¶

Warning

Case specification in output may vary depending on the number of columns selected.

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name
FROM
   employees
GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
John
Marco
George
GeorgE
WIlle
Mary

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY last_name;

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Output¶

last_name
SnoW

SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   last_name
FROM
   employees
GROUP BY last_name;

Copy

Output¶

last_name
SnoW

SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

HAVING clause¶

The HAVING clause will use the patterns in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Note

Case specification in output may vary depending on the number of columns selected. This is also related to the GROUP BY clause.

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name
HAVING first_name = 'George  ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name
7	GEORGE
1	George
6	GEORGE

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
  employee_id,
  first_name
FROM
  employees
GROUP BY employee_id, first_name
HAVING
   RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('George  ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name
7	GEORGE
1	George
6	GEORGE

CASE WHEN statement¶

The CASE WHEN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name,
      last_name,
      CASE
          WHEN department = 'Engineering' THEN 'Information Technology'
          WHEN first_name = 'GeorgE' THEN 'GLOBAL SALES'
          ELSE 'Other'
      END AS department_full_name
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = '';

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		GLOBAL SALES
Mary		Other
GeorgE		Other
GEORGE		GLOBAL SALES

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name,
   last_name,
   CASE
      WHEN RTRIM(department) = RTRIM('Engineering')
         THEN 'Information Technology'
      WHEN RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('GeorgE')
         THEN 'GLOBAL SALES'
      ELSE 'Other'
   END AS department_full_name
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM( last_name) = RTRIM('');

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		GLOBAL SALES
Mary		Other
GeorgE		Other
GEORGE		GLOBAL SALES

JOIN clause¶

Warning

Simple scenarios with evaluation operations are supported.

The JOIN statement will use the patterns described in:

EvaluaComparisonComparisontion operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    e.employee_id,
    e.first_name,
    e.last_name,
    d.department_name
FROM
    employees e
JOIN
    departments d
ON
    e.department = d.department_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human Resources
5	Mary		Sales
6	GEORGE		Sales
7	GEORGE		Sales
8	GeorgE		Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   e.employee_id,
   e.first_name,
   e.last_name,
   d.department_name
FROM
   employees e
JOIN
   departments d
ON RTRIM(e.department) = RTRIM(d.department_name);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human Resources
5	Mary		Sales
6	GEORGE		Sales
7	GEORGE		Sales
8	GeorgE		Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Related EWIs¶

SSC-EWI-TD0007: GROUP BY REQUIRED COLLATE FOR CASE INSENSITIVE COLUMNS

SC-FDM-TD0032 : [NOT] CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED

TERA Mode For Strings Comparison - NO COLLATE¶

This section defines the translation specification for string in Tera mode without using COLLATE.

Description ¶

Tera Mode for string comparison and NO COLLATE usages¶

The Tera Mode string comparison without the use of COLLATE will apply RTRIM and UPPER as needed. The default case specification trim behavior may be taken into account.

Sample Source Patterns ¶

Setup data¶

Teradata¶

 CREATE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    last_name VARCHAR(50) CASESPECIFIC,
    department VARCHAR(50)
);

INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees(employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department) VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC,
    location VARCHAR(100) CASESPECIFIC,
    PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
);


INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location) VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Snowflake¶

 CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    first_name VARCHAR(50),
    last_name VARCHAR(50),
    department VARCHAR(50)
)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "10/30/2024",  "domain": "test" }}'
;

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (1, 'George', 'Snow', 'Sales');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (2, 'John', 'SNOW', 'Engineering');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (3, 'WIlle', 'SNOW', 'Human resources   ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (4, 'Marco', 'SnoW   ', 'EngineerinG');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (5, 'Mary', '   ', 'SaleS  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (6, 'GEORGE', '  ', 'sales  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (7, 'GEORGE   ', '  ', 'salEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (8, '    GeorgE   ', '  ', 'SalEs  ');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (9, 'JOHN', '   SnoW', 'IT');

INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department)
VALUES (10, 'JOHN    ', 'snow', 'Finance   ');

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
    department_name VARCHAR(50),
    location VARCHAR(100),
       PRIMARY KEY (department_id)
   )
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "10/30/2024",  "domain": "test" }}'
;

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (101, 'Information Technology', 'New York');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (102, 'Human Resources', 'Chicago');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (103, 'Sales', 'San Francisco');

INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name, location)
VALUES (104, 'Finance', 'Boston');

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Comparison operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

This example demonstrates the usage of a column set up as NOT CASESPECIFIC as it is a first_name column. Even when asking for the string 'GEorge', the query execution will retrieve results in Teradata because the case specification is not considered.

To emulate this scenario in Snowflake, there are implemented two functions: RTRIM(UPPER(string_evaluation)), UPPER is required in this scenario because the string does not review the case specification.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name = 'GEorge ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
 *
FROM
 employees
WHERE
 RTRIM(UPPER(first_name)) = RTRIM(UPPER('GEorge '));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

For this example, the column constraint is CASESPECIFIC, for which the example does not retrieve rows in Teradata because ‘Snow’ is not equal to ‘SNOW’.

In Snowflake, the resulting migration points only to the use of the RTRIM function since the case specification is important.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'SNOW ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

SELECT
 *
FROM
 employees
WHERE
 RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('SNOW ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human resources
2	John	SNOW	Engineering

Case 3: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Warning

The (CASESPECIFIC) overrides the column constraint in the table definition.

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'GEORGE   ' (CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Note

RTRIM is required on the left side, and RTRIM is required on the right side.

Query¶

 SELECT
   * 
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(first_name) = RTRIM('GEORGE   ' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 4: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'GEorge   ' (NOT CASESPECIFIC) ;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   * 
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   UPPER(RTRIM(first_name)) = UPPER(RTRIM('GEorge   ' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 5: Blank spaces case. Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC, database mode is TERA Mode, and using equal operation¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = '   ';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	department
7	GEORGE	salEs
5	Mary	SaleS
8	GeorgE	SalEs
6	GEORGE	sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('   ');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	department
7	GEORGE	salEs
5	Mary	SaleS
8	GeorgE	SalEs
6	GEORGE	sales

LIKE operation¶

Note

This operation works differently from another one. Blank spaces must be the same quantity to retrieve information.

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

This example is expected to display one row because the case specification is not relevant.

Note

In Snowflake, the migration uses the ILIKE operation. This performs a case-insensitive comparison.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'GeorgE';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name ILIKE 'GeorgE';

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'Snow';

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department
George	Snow	Sales
Jonh	Snow	Engineering

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name LIKE 'Snow';

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department
George	Snow	Sales
Jonh	Snow	Engineering

Case 3: CAST CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'George' (NOT CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE 
   first_name ILIKE 'George' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 4: CAST NOT CASESPECIFIC column to NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is ANSI Mode¶

Note

This case requires the translation to ILIKE.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE 'GE%' (NOT CASESPECIFIC);

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   *
FROM
   employees
WHERE
   first_name ILIKE 'GE%' /*** SSC-FDM-TD0032 - NOT CASESPECIFIC CLAUSE WAS REMOVED ***/;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

IN Operation¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE first_name IN ('GeorgE');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE RTRIM(UPPER(first_name)) IN (RTRIM(UPPER('GeorgE')));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
7	GEORGE		salEs
1	George	Snow	Sales
6	GEORGE		sales

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

For this example, the usage of the UPPER function is not required since, in the Teradata database, the case specification is relevant to the results.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE last_name IN ('SnoW');

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT *
FROM employees
WHERE RTRIM(last_name) IN (RTRIM('SnoW'));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department
4	Marco	SnoW	EngineerinG

ORDER BY clause¶

Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Danger

Notice that this output order can differ.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT department
FROM employees
ORDER BY department;

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Output¶

department
EngineerinG
Engineering
Finance
Human resources
IT
sales
SalEs
Sales
SaleS
salEs

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT department
FROM employees
ORDER BY UPPER(department);

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Output¶

department
EngineerinG
Engineering
Finance
Human resources
IT
sales
SalEs
Sales
SaleS
salEs

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Danger

Notice that this output can differ in order.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY last_name;

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Output¶

last_name




SnoW
SNOW
SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
ORDER BY last_name;

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Output¶

last_name




SnoW
SNOW
SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

GROUP BY clause¶

Warning

Notice that this output can differ. To ensure a functional equivalence, it is required to use the COLLATE expression.

Please review the SSC-EWI-TD0007 for more information.

The following might be a workaround without collate:

SELECT RTRIM(UPPER(first_name))

FROM employees

GROUP BY RTRIM(UPPER(first_name));

About the column behavior

Danger

Please review the insertion of data in Snowflake. Snowflake does allow the insertion of values as ‘GEORGE’ and ‘georges’ without showing errors because the case specification is not bound explicitly with the column.

Assume a table and data as follows:

 CREATE TABLE students (
   first_name VARCHAR(50) NOT CASESPECIFIC
);

INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('George');
INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('   George');

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Notice that this sample does not allow inserting values with upper and lower case letters in the NOT CASESPECIFIC column because it takes it as the same value. Because the column does not supervise the case specification, the ‘GEORGE’ and ‘george’ values are checked as the same information.

The following rows are taken as duplicated row errors:

 INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('GEORGE');
INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('GeorGe');
INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('George  ');
INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('GeOrge');
INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('GEorge');
INSERT INTO students(first_name) VALUES ('George');

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Case 1: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
Mary
GeorgE
WIlle
JOHN
Marco
GEORGE

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name
FROM
   employees
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TD0007 - GROUP BY IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN TERADATA MODE ***/!!!
GROUP BY first_name;

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Output¶

first_name
George
John
WIlle
Marco
Mary
GEORGE
GEORGE
GeorgE
JOHN
JOHN

Case 2: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY last_name;

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Output¶

last_name
SnoW

SNOW
SnoW
Snow
snow

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   last_name
FROM
   employees
!!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TD0007 - GROUP BY IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN TERADATA MODE ***/!!!
GROUP BY last_name;

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Output¶

last_name
SnoW
SNOW
SnoW


Snow
snow

HAVING clause¶

The HAVING clause will use the patterns in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY last_name
HAVING last_name = 'Snow';

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Output¶

last_name
Snow

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT last_name
FROM employees
GROUP BY last_name
HAVING RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('Snow');

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Output¶

last_name
Snow

CASE WHEN statement¶

The CASE WHEN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT first_name,
      last_name,
      CASE
          WHEN department = 'EngineerinG' THEN 'Information Technology'
          WHEN last_name = 'SNOW' THEN 'GLOBAL COOL SALES'
          ELSE 'Other'
      END AS department_full_name
FROM employees;

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		Other
JOHN	SnoW	Other
Mary		Other
JOHN	snow	Other
WIlle	SNOW	GLOBAL COOL SALES
George	Snow	Other
GeorgE		Other
GEORGE		Other
Marco	SnoW	Information Technology
John	SNOW	Information Technology

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   first_name,
   last_name,
   CASE
      WHEN UPPER(RTRIM(department)) = UPPER(RTRIM('EngineerinG'))
         THEN 'Information Technology'
      WHEN RTRIM(last_name) = RTRIM('SNOW')
         THEN 'GLOBAL COOL SALES'
      ELSE 'Other'
   END AS department_full_name
FROM
   employees;

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Output¶

first_name	last_name	department_full_name
GEORGE		Other
JOHN	SnoW	Other
Mary		Other
JOHN	snow	Other
WIlle	SNOW	GLOBAL COOL SALES
George	Snow	Other
GeorgE		Other
GEORGE		Other
Marco	SnoW	Information Technology
John	SNOW	Information Technology

JOIN clause¶

Warning

Simple scenarios are supported.

The JOIN statement will use the patterns described in:

Evaluation operations.
- For example: =, !=, <, >.
LIKE operation.
IN Operation.
CAST to evaluation operation.
CAST to LIKE operation.

The following sample showcases a pattern with evaluation operation.

Sample: Column constraint is NOT CASESPECIFIC and database mode is TERA Mode¶

Teradata¶

Query¶

 SELECT
    e.employee_id,
    e.first_name,
    e.last_name,
    d.department_name
FROM
    employees e
JOIN
    departments d
ON
    e.department = d.department_name;

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human Resources
5	Mary		Sales
6	GEORGE		Sales
7	GEORGE		Sales
8	GeorgE		Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Snowflake¶

Query¶

 SELECT
   e.employee_id,
   e.first_name,
   e.last_name,
   d.department_name
FROM
   employees e
JOIN
   departments d
ON UPPER(RTRIM(e.department)) = UPPER(RTRIM(d.department_name));

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Output¶

employee_id	first_name	last_name	department_name
1	George	Snow	Sales
3	WIlle	SNOW	Human Resources
5	Mary		Sales
6	GEORGE		Sales
7	GEORGE		Sales
8	GeorgE		Sales
10	JOHN	snow	Finance

Known Issues¶

there are some mode-specific SQL statement restrictions: BEGIN TRANSACTION, END TRANSACTION, COMMIT [WORK].
Data insertion may differ in Snowflake since the case specification is not bound to the column declaration.
GROUP BY may differ in order, but group the correct values.
ORDER BY behaves differently in Snowflake.
If a function has a TRIM() from the source code, this workaround will add the required functions to the source code. So, RTRIM will be applied to the TRIM() source function.

Related EWIs¶

SSC-EWI-TD0007: GROUP BY IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN TERADATA MODE