Teradata HELP commands

Teradata HELP commands

Teradata provides one of the user friendly featured like HELP commands.

Let us see the various help commands and their uses.

HELP SESSION;   
This command is used to display the user name, account name, logon date and time, current database name, collation code set and character set being used and also , transaction semantics, time zone and character set data.

HELP DATABASE <database-name> ;   
This command is used to display the names of all the tables (T), views (V), macros (M), and triggers (G) stored in a database and table comments

HELP USER <user-name> ;   
This command is used to display the names of all the tables (T), views (V), macros (M), and triggers (G) stored in a user area and table comments

HELP TABLE <table-name> ;   
This command is used to display the column names, type identifier, and any user written comments on the columns within a table.

HELP VOLATILE TABLE ;   
This command is used to display the names of all Volatile temporary tables active for the current  user session.

HELP VIEW <view-name> ;   
This command is used to display the column names, type identifier, and comments on the columns within a view.

HELP MACRO <macro-name> ;   
This command is used to display the characteristics of parameters passed to it at execution time.

HELP TRIGGER <trigger-name> ;   
This command is used to display details created for a trigger, like action time and sequence.

HELP PROCEDURE <procedure-name> ;   
This command is used to display the characteristics of parameters passed to it at execution time.

HELP COLUMN <table-name>.*  OR  HELP COLUMN <view-name>.*  OR HELP COLUMN <table-name>.<column-name>, .…;   
This command is used to display detail data describing the column level characteristics.

HELP INDEX <table-name> ;   
This command is used to display the indexes and their characteristics like unique or non-unique and the column or columns involved in the index. This information  is used by the Optimizer to create a plan for SQL.

HELP STATISTICS <table-name> ;   
This command is used to display values associated with the data demographics collected on the table. This information is used by the Optimizer to create a plan for SQL.

HELP CONSTRAINT <table-name>.<constraint-name> ;   
This command is used to display the checks to be made on the data when it is inserted or updated and the columns are involved.

HELP 'SQL';   
This command is used to display a list of all  available SQL commands and functions.

HELP 'SQL  <command>';   
This command is used to display the basic syntax and options for the SQL command used in place of the <command>.

HELP 'SPL';   
This command is used to display a list of available SPL commands.

HELP 'SPL <command>';   
This command is used to display the basic syntax and options for the SPL command used in place of the <command>.