ADVANCE_EPOCH

Manually closes the current epoch and begins a new epoch.

This is a meta-function. You must call meta-functions in a top-level SELECT statement.

Behavior type

Syntax

ADVANCE_EPOCH ( [ integer ] )

Parameters

integer

Specifies the number of epochs to advance.

Privileges

Superuser

Notes

This function is primarily maintained for backward compatibility with earlier versions of OpenText™ Analytics Database.

Examples

The following command increments the epoch number by 1:

=> SELECT ADVANCE_EPOCH(1);