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Support new teradata driver natively #260
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I just wanted to query a teradata database during a test, and I saw that the Database Library would be useful, though when trying it out I noticed that I need teradata module.
From the documentation it looks like the package I need is https://github.com/teradata/PyTd. Unfortunately that repo has not been touched in 4 years and it has a depreciation notice pointing me to use https://github.com/Teradata/python-driver instead, but that package is called teradatasql and doesn't look like Database Library recognizes it.
What is the proper way to talk to teradata?
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amochin commentedon Sep 16, 2026
Hello @takeda and thanks for submitting the issue!
The currently supported teradata driver is indeed the deprecated one.
I should check if the new one driver can be natively supported in the Database Library.
Meanwhile you can try to install and use the new driver anyway - just provide the proper connection parameters, they seem to be well documented on the page you linked.
You can get some inspiration in the connection examples, try something like this:
[-]Is teradata driver still supported?[/-][+]Support new teradata driver natively[/+]