TdIntervalMinuteToSecond is a .NET Data Provider for Teradata specific type, designed to support a Teradata Database Interval Minute To Second data type.

The TdIntervalMinuteToSecond supports the Teradata Interval Minute (precision) To Second (scale) data type where precision indicates the number of digits in the minutes (from 1 - 4) and scale indicates the fractional precision for the values of seconds. The scale may range from 0 to 6.

The interval value must be specified in the following format :

[sign][minutes]:[ss].[ffffff]

Below is the description of each format item.

The .Net Framework does not have a system type that directly corresponds to the Teradata Database Interval Minute To Second data type. The .NET Data Provider for Teradata Version 13.0 version and prior versions map Interval Minute To Second to System.String. With version 13.1 of the provider, TdIntervalMinuteToSecond is available to retrieve and manipulate data of type Interval Minute To Second.

The range of values for the TdIntervalMinuteToSecond containing a minute precision of 1 is as follows:

The range of values for minute precision values of 2,3 and 4 all follow the same pattern. For completeness, the following chart displays the range of values for a TdIntervalMinuteToSecond with a minute precision of 4.

TdIntervalMinuteToSecond also supports TdIntervalMinuteToSecond.Null. This is a very important feature. An application is no longer required to call TdDataReader.IsDBNull before invoking the corresponding TdDataReader "Get" method. This will improve overall performance.

A TdIntervalMinuteToSecond structure allows arithmetic, comparision and conversion operations to be performed.

A TdIntervalMinuteToSecond may also be specified as an in, out, or in/out parameter to a stored procedure. In order to maintain backward compatibility with previous versions of the provider (release 13.0 and prior), a Connection String Attribute TdConnectionStringBuilder.EnableTdIntervals has been added. When the EnableTdIntervals is true, TdParameter.ProviderSpecificValue will return the data as the provider specific type of TdIntervalMinuteToSecond. When EnableTdIntervals is false, TdParameter.ProviderSpecificValue will return the data as a .NET Framework Library data type of String.

The TdParameter.Value will also return the .NET Framework Library data type of System.String when EnableTdIntervals is false to maintain backward compatibility. The TdParameter.Value will return a .NET Framework data type of TimeSpan when EnableTdIntervals is true.

For more information on the Teradata Interval Minute To Second data type please see the Teradata Database SQL Reference - 'Data Types and Literals'.

The following example shows how to retrieve a TdIntervalMinuteToSecond, modify the interval, and then update the table.

Public void IntervalExample(TdCommand cmd, String model)
{
   cmd.Parameters.Clear();
   
   cmd.CommandText = "SELECT StartDate, LeaseReturn, DelayPeriod " +
                     "FROM AutoLeases " +
                     "WHERE Model = ?";
 
   cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
 
   cmd.Parameters.Add(null, TdType.VarChar, 10,
        ParameterDirection.Input, true, 0, 0, null,    
        DataRowVersion.Default, model);
 
   Int32 row = 0;
   TdDate [] startDate;
   TdTimestamp [] leaseReturn;
   TdIntervalMinuteToSecond [] leaseLen;
 
   using (TdDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
   {
      startDate = new TdDate[dr.RecordsReturned];
      leaseReturn = new TdTimestamp[dr.RecordsReturned];
      leaseLen = new TdIntervalMinuteToSecond [dr.RecordsReturned];
 
      // Specifying an interval of 2 days, 1 hour, 30 minutes 
      // with an minute precision of 4 and scale of 0
      TdIntervalMinuteToSecond leaseReturnExtension = new TdIntervalMinuteToSecond(2970, 0, 0, 4, 0);
   
      while (dr.Read())
      {
         // Retrieving the dates
        startDate[row] = dr.GetTdDate(0);
        leaseReturn[row] = dr.GetTimestamp(1);
        leaseLen[row] = dr.GetTdIntervalMinuteToSecond(2);
 
         // Adding extension to the lease return
         leaseReturn[row] = leaseReturn[row] + leaseReturnExtension;
 
         // Adding extension to the lease length;
         leaseLen[row] = leaseLen[row] + leaseReturnExtension;
 
         row++;
      } 
   }
 
   cmd.Parameters.Clear();
 
   cmd.CommandText = "UPDATE AutoLeases " +
                     "SET LeaseReturn = ?, LeaseLen = ? " +
                     "WHERE Model = ?";
 
   cmd.Parameters.Add(null, TdType.Timestamp, 0,
         ParameterDirection.Input, true, 0, 0, null,    
         DataRowVersion.Default, null);
 
   cmd.Parameters.Add(null, TdType.IntervalMinuteToSecond, 0,
         ParameterDirection.Input, true, 0, 0, null,    
         DataRowVersion.Default, null);
 
   cmd.Parameters.Add(null, TdType.VarChar, 9,
         ParameterDirection.Input, true, 0, 0, null,    
         DataRowVersion.Default, model);
 
   row--;
   while(row >= 0)
   {
      cmd.Parameters[0].Value = leaseReturn[row];
      cmd.Parameters[1].Value = leaseLen[row];
      cmd.Parameters[2].Value = model;
 
      cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
      row--;
   }
}

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      Teradata.Client.Provider.TdIntervalMinuteToSecond

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

Reference

TdIntervalMinuteToSecond Members
Teradata.Client.Provider Namespace
EnableTdIntervals Property
Interval Connection String Attribute
Enabling Provider Specific Types
Provider Specific Type: Interval Type Overview