Teradata ALTER TABLE vs INSERT INTO: Which Is Faster?

ALTER TABLE or INSERT INTO a new table? A measured comparison on a large table, and which one…

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Teradata ALTER Table vs. INSERT INTO: Which Method is Efficient?

ALTER TABLE or INSERT INTO a new table? A measured comparison on a large table, and which one actually used fewer resources.

— Roland

Written by Roland Wenzlofsky — 25 years on enterprise data platforms, author of Teradata Query Performance Tuning.

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