We all know about Pattern-Matching and how it works.
But, in a real life scenario, we have to find matching data from 2 different applications.
The below query was used to compare 2 applications where the 'date' part (last 5 digits) of the Surrogate key differed.
Key take-aways:
1. Use of LIKE ANY keyword
2. How to use "Single-quotes" as Character in Teradata
Query:
SELECT * FROM DW_PROD2.DIM_CUSTOMER
WHERE CAST(CUS_ID_NO AS VARCHAR(20)) LIKE ANY
(
SELECT
'''' || (SUBSTRING(CAST(A.CUS_ID_NO AS VARCHAR(20)) FROM 1 FOR 11 ) || '%' || ''''
FROM
DW_PROD1.CUSTOMER
WHERE TRS_DT = '2012-11-17'
);
Points to remember:
1. Converting CUS_ID_NO to Varchar was necessary since Pattern-Matching can be done only for Character values
2. The inner query will give results like
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