# Can only add UDT's with internal provider?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-only-add-udts-with-internal-provider/8641>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 30, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-only-add-udts-with-internal-provider/8641 "2014-06-30T16:06:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![rcorkern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@rcorkern](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rcorkern)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-only-add-udts-with-internal-provider/8641/1 "2014-06-30T16:06:07Z")

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Can UDT’s only be used with an internal SQL provider? I’m not able to add or copy in UDT’s into a database provider, am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-only-add-udts-with-internal-provider/8641/2 "2014-06-30T20:13:46Z")

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Right, they’re only available on the internal provider.

It’s on the “some day” list, but some other things have to be implemented first to make it feasible.