Defining Teradata Casts

The following properties are applicable to a Teradata Cast object.

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
	Name	Specifies the name of the available casts
	Source Data Type	Specifies the data type to convert
	Target Data Type	Specifies the target (converted) data type
	Use Replace Syntax	Specifies whether the REPLACE syntax is used instead of CREATE syntax	Selecting this option replaces the syntax with the new DDL that is generated during Forward Engineering
	Generate	Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the object during forward engineering
General	Procedure Type	Specifies the type of procedure used for conversion	Specific Method: Indicates that a specific method is used for the conversion Instance Method: Indicates that an instance method is used for the conversion Specific Function: Indicates that a specific external function is used for the conversion Function: Indicates that an external function is used for the conversion
	Procedure	Specifies the method or function used to perform the cast
	As Assignment	Specifies whether to invoke the cast functionality upon assignment
Comment		Specifies comments about the object