Question

I am trying to build an insert into statement that will include a URL string which has a valid “?” in it. I am using Teradata SQL Assistant (Windows XP) and it is trying to translate this into a parameter.

Is there any way to override this and treat it as a character value?

Example URL:
https://www.location.com/livelink.exe?func=ll

Answer 1

Go to the Query tab on the Tools -> Options... page and uncheck the box labeled “Allow use of Named Parameters in queries”. Here are the settings I use:

That will prevent question mark from being treated as prompts and process an insert statement like this:

insert into yourdb.yourtable
  (url)
  values ('https://www.location.com/livelink.exe?func=ll')