I'm trying to join to tables using PROQ SQL. One of the columns I'm using for the join has a space in the column name. The query I'm using:
PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE TEST AS
SELECT a.*, b.*
FROM TABLE_1 a
INNER JOIN TABLE_2 b
ON a.CONTNO = b."Contract Number";
RUN;
This is the error I'm getting:
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, *.
How do I fix this?
You just need to add square brackets around the Column name. For example:
b.[Contract Number]
Tips: Using alias (a, b) can be costly. When you only have one table to join, consider typing out the table rather than doing an alias.
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I am trying to join two datasets based on a flag and id.
i.e
proc sql;
create table demo as
select a.*,b.b1,b.2
from table1 a
left join table2 on
(a.flag=b.flag and a.id=b.id) or (a.flag ne b.flag and a.id=b.id)
end;
This code runs into a loop and never produces a output.
I want to make sure that where there are flag values matching get the attributes; if not get the attributes at id level so that we do not have blank values.
This join condition cannot be optimized. It is not a good practice to use or in a join. If you check your log, you'll see this:
NOTE: The execution of this query involves performing one or more Cartesian product joins
that can not be optimized.
Instead, transform your query to do a union:
proc sql;
create table demo as
select a.*,
b.b1,
b.b2
from table1 as a
left join
table2 as b
on a.flag=b.flag and a.id=b.id
UNION
select a.*,
b.b1,
b.b2
from table1 as a
left join
table2 as b
on a.flag ne b.flag and a.id=b.id
;
quit;
I am joining tbl_A to tbl_B, on column CustomerID in tbl_A to column Output in tbl_B which contains customer ID. However, tbl_B has all other information in related rows that I do not want to lose when joining. I tried to join using like, but I lost rows that did not contain customer ID in the output column.
Here is my join query in Hive:
select a.*, b.Output from tbl_A a
left join tbl_B b
On b.Output like concat('%', a.CustomerID, '%')
However, I lose other rows from output.
You could also achieve the objective by a simple hive query like this :)
select a.*, b.Output
from tbl_A a, tbl_B b
where b.Output like concat('%', a.CustomerID, '%')
I would suggest first extract all ID's from free floating field which in your case is 'Output' column in table B into a separate table. Then join this table with ID's to Table B again to populate in each row the ID and then this second joined table which is table B with ID's to table A.
Hope this helps.
I am writing a hive query to join two tables; table1 and table2. In the result I just need all columns from table1 and no columns from table2.
I know the solution where I can select all the columns manually by specifying table1.column1, table1.column2.. and so on in the select statement. But I have about 22 columns in table 1. Also, I have to do the same for multiple other tables ans its painful process.
I tried using "SELECT table1.*", but I get a parse exception.
Is there a better way to do it?
Hive 0.13 onwards the following query syntax works:
SELECT a.* FROM a JOIN b ON (a.id = b.id)
This query will select all columns from a. So instead of typing all the column names (making the query cumbersome), it is a better idea to use tablealias.*
I am new to databases and am posting a problem from work. I am creating a table in Aster Studio 6.0, but got an error about an ambiguous column. I ran the same query in Teradata SQL Assistant and did not get an error.
I have six tables with millions of rows named EDW.SWIFTIQ_TRANS_DTL, EDW.SWIFTIQ_STORE, EDW.SWIFTIQ_PROD, EDW.STORE_XREF, EDW.TDLNX_STR_OUTLT, and EDW.SURV_CWC.
EDW represents the original database, but the columns were labeled with aliases.
I did a trim() on the VARCHAR columns for saving spool space. For the error about TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR, I performed an INNER JOIN on similar columns from two different tables. Doing a preview in SQL Assistant, there was a temporary table with only one column called TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR.
Here’s the SQL query:
CREATE TABLE public.table_name
DISTRIBUTE BY HASH (SRC_SYS_PROD_ID) AS (
SELECT * FROM load_from_teradata(
ON public.load_from_teradata_dummy
TDPID(‘database_name')
USERNAME(’user_name')
PASSWORD(’ss')
QUERY ('SELECT e.TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR, e.OUTLT_ST_ADDR_TXT, e.STORE_OUTLT_ZIP_CD, d.TRANS_ID, d.TRANS_DT,
d.TRANS_TM, d.UNIT_QTY, d.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID, d.SRC_SYS_PROD_ID, d.SRC_SYS_NM, a.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID, a.SRC_SYS_NM, a.STORE_NM,
a.CITY_NM, a.ZIP_CD, a.ST_cd, p.SRC_SYS_PROD_ID, p.SRC_SYS_NM, p.UPC_CD, p.PROD_ID, f.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID, f.SRC_SYS_NM,
f.TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR, g.SURV_CWC_WSLR_CUST_PARTY_ID, g.AGE_CD, g.HIGH_END_ACCT_FLG, g.RACE_ETHNC_CD, g.OCCPN_CD
FROM EDW.SWIFTIQ_TRANS_DTL d
INNER JOIN EDW.SWIFTIQ_STORE a
ON trim( a.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID) = trim(d.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID)
INNER JOIN EDW.SWIFTIQ_PROD p
ON trim(p.SRC_SYS_PROD_ID) = trim(d.SRC_SYS_PROD_ID)
and p.SRC_SYS_NM = d.SRC_SYS_NM
INNER JOIN EDW.STORE_XREF f
ON trim(f.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID) = trim(a.SRC_SYS_STORE_ID)
INNER JOIN EDW.TDLNX_STR_OUTLT e
ON trim(e.TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR)= trim(f.TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR)
INNER JOIN EDW.SURV_CWC g
ON g.SURV_CWC_WSLR_CUST_PARTY_ID = e.WSLR_CUST_PARTY_ID
WHERE TRANS_DT between ''2015-01-01'' and ''2015-03-31''')
num_instances('4') ) );
ERROR: column reference 'TDLNX_RTL_OUTLT_NBR' is ambiguous.
EDIT: Forgot to include a description about the table aliases. a stands for EDW.SWIFTIQ_STORE, p for EDW.SWIFTIQ_PROD, f for EDW.STORE_XREF, e for EDW.TDLNX_STR_OUTLT, g for EDW.SURV_CWC, and d for EDW.SWIFTIQ_TRANS_DTL.
You will get the same error when you try CREATE TABLE AS SELECT in Teradata. There are three column names, SRC_SYS_NM & SRC_SYS_PROD_ID & SRC_SYS_STORE_ID, which are used multiple times (with different table aliases) within the SELECT.
Add column aliases to make those names unique, e.g. trans_SRC_SYS_NM instead of d.SRC_SYS_NM.
Additionally the TRIMs in the joins are a very bad idea. You will probably not save that much spool, but force the optimizer to redistribute all spools for join-preparation.
I have a hive table A with 5 columns, the first column(A.key) is the key and I want to keep all 5 columns. I want to select 2 columns from B, say B.key1 and B.key2 and 2 columns from C, say C.key1 and C.key2. I want to join these columns with A.key = B.key1 and B.key2 = C.key1
What I want is a new external table D that has the following columns. B.key2 and C.key2 values should be given NULL if no matching happened.
A.key, A_col1, A_col2, A_col3, A_col4, B.key2, C.key2
What should be the correct hive query command? I got a max split error for my initial try.
Does this work?
create external table D as
select A.key, A.col1, A.col2, A.col3, A.col4, B.key2, C.key2
from A left outer join B on A.key = B.key1 left outer join C on A.key = C.key2;
If not, could you post more info about the "max split error" you mentioned? Copy+paste specific error message text is good.