Teradata Variant

Azzuri · Post by **Azzuri** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:11 am

Hi All, was wondering the impact of using a lower Variant in the Teradata Connector? For example I've noticed developers using Variant 8.1 rather than 12. We are currently on version 13 of Teradata TTUs.

Thanks in advance.

kcirtap24 · Post by **kcirtap24** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:11 pm

If you are using Teradata 13 you should be using variant 12. Variant 8.1 was for TTU 8.1 and 8.2. Variant 12 is for > TTU 12 (not sure about 14). The Variant loads the library for the Teradata client.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:13 pm

We have Teradata 14 and have not even contemplated using the lower variant.

adityavinay · Post by **adityavinay** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:11 pm

As explained by kcirtap24 , variant 12 is used to load teradata utilities for TTU 12 and higher. These utilities are used when performing Bulk loads.
For normal loads, it doesn't matter what variant you use.

Azzuri · Post by **Azzuri** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:23 pm

Thanks everyone.