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Problem Note 68698: Trying to insert data into an existing Teradata table might result in errors when table variable names contain more than 32 characters
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When you try to insert data into an existing Teradata table, errors might result when the following is true:
- The Teradata table contains at least one variable, which has a name that is greater than 32 characters in length.
- You use Teradata Parallel Transporter (TPT).
Errors similar to the following might occur:
ERROR: Teradata connection: '' ('15'X) is not a valid Teradata SQL token. Correct error and restart as an APPEND process with option TPT_RESTART=YES. Since no checkpoints were taken, if the previous run used FIRSTOBS=n, use the same value in the restart.
ERROR: Teradata connection: Syntax error, expected something like '(' between the word 'InvestmentProgramAssignmentsContact' and the word 'ptlongcolumntest'. Correct error and restart as an APPEND process with option TPT_RESTART=YES. Since no checkpoints were taken, if the previous run used FIRSTOBS=n, use the same value in the restart.
The only workaround is to rename the Teradata column to a name that is 32 characters or fewer or not use TPT when loading the table.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | ||||
| z/OS 64-bit | ||||
| z/OS | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | ||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | ||||
| Windows Vista | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | ||||
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | ||||
| AIX | ||||
| HP-UX | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | ||||
| Linux | ||||
| Linux for x64 | ||||
| OpenVMS Alpha | ||||
| Solaris | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | ||||
| Tru64 UNIX | ||||