How to deal with a date stored as a string in an int field in teradata?

@giovanny.lueilwitz 

To deal with a date stored as a string in an int field in Teradata, you can convert the string date to a proper date format using the CAST function. Here is an example of how you can do this:

1. Convert the string date to a proper date format:

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SELECT CAST(CAST(date_field AS VARCHAR(10)) AS DATE FORMAT 'YYYYMMDD') AS proper_date
FROM your_table;

In this example, date_field is the column where the string date is stored, and your_table is the name of your table.

1. You can also update the data type of the column to DATE to store the date values in the proper format for future use:

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ALTER TABLE your_table 
MODIFY date_field DATE;

By converting the string date to a proper date format, you can perform date-related operations and queries more efficiently in Teradata.