Teradata Plugin
-----------------

Supports direct access to a Teradata database.

**References**

* http://www.teradata.com/t/

**Maven**

::

   <dependency>
      <groupId>org.geotools.jdbc</groupId>
      <artifactId>gt-jdbc-teradata</artifactId>
      <version>${geotools.version}</version>
    </dependency>

Note that the ``groupId`` is ``org.geotools.jdbc`` for this and other JDBC plugin modules.

Connection Parameters
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

============== ============================================
Parameter      Description
============== ============================================
``dbtype``       Must be the string ``teradata``
``host``         Machine name or IP address to connect to
``port``         Port number to connect to, default is 1025
``database``     The database to connect to, usually same as ``user``
``user``         User name
``passwd``       Password
============== ============================================

Access
^^^^^^

Example use::
  
  java.util.Map params = new java.util.HashMap();
  params.put( "dbtype", "teradata");
  params.put( "host", "localhost");
  params.put( "port", 1025);
  params.put( "user", "geotools");
  params.put( "passwd", "geotools");
  
  DataStore dataStore=DataStoreFinder.getDataStore(params);

Setup
^^^^^

* JDBC Driver
  
  GeoTools is unable to ship the Teradata JDBC driver with the standard
  distribution. It must be downloaded from Teradata separately.
  
  * `Teradata JDBC Driver Download <http://downloads.teradata.com/download/connectivity/jdbc-driver>`_

