Teradata Spatial and Non-Spatial Quick Facts

Format Type Identifier
  • Teradata Spatial: COM.SAFE.FME.TERADATA_SPATIAL
  • Teradata Non-spatial: COM.SAFE.FME.TERADATA

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

  • Reader: Professional
  • Writer: Enterprise Database Edition

Dependencies

Teradata (JDBC) also requires Teradata JDBC drivers, which are not installed with FME.

You can download the drivers from: http://downloads.teradata.com/download/connectivity/jdbc-driver

The .jar files in the downloaded archive must be placed in FME_HOME/plugins.

Dataset Type

Database

Feature Type

Table name

Typical File Extensions

Not applicable

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Always
Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support Yes
Geometry Type teradata_type
Encoding Support Yes

Teradata Spatial and Non-Spatial Geometry Support

Geometry Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

no