Creating a Teradata database user

In Teradata, a user is an entity that performs actions on the database. It logs onto the system and consumes the resources of the system while performing work. A user can be assigned to individual human users or it could be a batch user that is used to perform ETL or reporting work. Each user has a password, unlike the database. The user can have permanent space and can have spool space allocated to it. It can also own objects, like databases.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, we will connect to the Teradata database instance and use Teradata Studio to execute the create user command.

You need to have admin access to create users on the system. 

How to do it...

The following are the steps to create a Teradata database user:

1. Open Teradata Studio and connect to your Teradata system.
2. In the administrator window in Studio, click on Create a new user:

3. It will bring up a box where you need to fill in the details of the new user. In the General tab, put in the...