How to Disable Syntax Checker for DDL Generation

Question

Would like to include shell script commands before a create table statement. Modified the .xdb but PowerDesigner does not recognize this code as it is not native to the database. Is there a way to disable the syntax check so that the create table script can include these statements rather than a number of errors? Running v15.2 of PowerDesigner. Any feedback would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Hello. Yes. To be more specific, want to be able to run the create table DDL for Teradata from BTEQ. I added the following statements to a customized version of the Terada .xdb for the table BeforeCreate:
.logon ${TD_SERVER}/${TD_USERNAME},${TD_PASSWORD}
select 1
from dbc.tables
where DatabaseName =  [%QUALIFIER%]
and TableName = '%TABLE%'
.if errorcode > 0 then .goto error
.if activitycount <> 1 then .goto create_tbl
drop table %TABLE%;
.if errorcode > 0 then .goto error
.label create_tbl
The DDL shows up with syntax errors as follows. So clearly, there is something that is attempting to validate the code:
3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
(1) (Table "DATE_DIM"):
   [syntax error] unknown macro: logon ${TD_SERVER}/${TD_USERNAME},${TD_PASSWORD}
(8) (Table "DATE_DIM"):
   [syntax error] condition parsing error
(16) (Table "DATE_DIM"):
   [syntax error] expecting .endif