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Table of Contents
About this Guide ........................................................................................................................................... 7 SAP HANA Guides.......................................................................................................................................... 7 Notation ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 Functions ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Data type conversion functions ................................................................................................................ 9 CAST Function ....................................................................................................................................... 9 TO_BIGINT Function.............................................................................................................................. 9 TO_BINARY Function ............................................................................................................................. 9 TO_BLOB Function .............................................................................................................................. 10 TO_CHAR Function .............................................................................................................................. 10 TO_CLOB Function .............................................................................................................................. 10 TO_DATE Function .............................................................................................................................. 10 TO_DATS Function .............................................................................................................................. 11 TO_DECIMAL Function ........................................................................................................................ 11 TO_DOUBLE Function ......................................................................................................................... 11 TO_INT Function ................................................................................................................................. 12 TO_INTEGER Function ......................................................................................................................... 12 TO_NCHAR Function ........................................................................................................................... 12 TO_NCLOB Function ............................................................................................................................ 12 TO_NUMBER Function ........................................................................................................................ 13 TO_REAL Function ............................................................................................................................... 13 TO_SMALLINT Function ...................................................................................................................... 13 TO_TINYINT Function .......................................................................................................................... 13 TO_TIME Function............................................................................................................................... 14 TO_TIMESTAMP Function ................................................................................................................... 14 DateTime Functions ................................................................................................................................ 15 ADD_DAYS Function ............................................................................................................................ 15 ADD_MONTHS Function ..................................................................................................................... 15 2

SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual ADD_YEARS Function .......................................................................................................................... 15 ADD_SECONDS Function ..................................................................................................................... 15 DAYS_BETWEEN Function ................................................................................................................... 16 DAYNAME Function ............................................................................................................................ 16 DAYOFMONTH Function ..................................................................................................................... 16 DAYOFYEAR Function .......................................................................................................................... 16 EXTRACT Function ............................................................................................................................... 17 HOUR Function.................................................................................................................................... 17 LAST_DAY Function ............................................................................................................................. 17 MINUTE Function ................................................................................................................................ 17 MONTH Function ................................................................................................................................ 18 MONTHNAME Function ...................................................................................................................... 18 NEXT_DAY Function ............................................................................................................................ 18 NOW Function ..................................................................................................................................... 18 SECOND Function ................................................................................................................................ 19 SECONDS_BETWEEN Function ............................................................................................................ 19 WEEK Function .................................................................................................................................... 19 WEEKDAY Function ............................................................................................................................. 20 YEAR Function ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Miscellaneous Functions ......................................................................................................................... 21 COALESCE Function ............................................................................................................................. 21 IFNULL Function .................................................................................................................................. 21 NULLIF Function .................................................................................................................................. 21 CURRENT_CONNECTION Function ...................................................................................................... 22 CURRENT_SCHEMA Function .............................................................................................................. 22 CURRENT_USER Function ................................................................................................................... 22 DATABASE Function ............................................................................................................................ 23 USER Function ..................................................................................................................................... 23 GROUPING_ID Function ...................................................................................................................... 23 SESSION_CONTEXT Function............................................................................................................... 24 SYSUUID Function ............................................................................................................................... 25 Number Functions................................................................................................................................... 26 3

SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual ABS Function ....................................................................................................................................... 26 ACOS Function..................................................................................................................................... 26 ASIN Function ...................................................................................................................................... 26 ATAN Function .................................................................................................................................... 26 ATAN2 Function .................................................................................................................................. 27 BITAND Function ................................................................................................................................. 27 CEIL / CEILING Function ...................................................................................................................... 27 COS Function ....................................................................................................................................... 28 COSH Function .................................................................................................................................... 28 COT Function ....................................................................................................................................... 28 EXP Function ....................................................................................................................................... 28 FLOOR Function .................................................................................................................................. 29 GREATEST Function ............................................................................................................................. 29 LEAST Function .................................................................................................................................... 29 LN Function ......................................................................................................................................... 30 LOG Function....................................................................................................................................... 30 MOD Function ..................................................................................................................................... 30 POWER Function ................................................................................................................................. 31 ROUND Function ................................................................................................................................. 31 SIGN Function...................................................................................................................................... 31 SIN Function ........................................................................................................................................ 31 SINH Function...................................................................................................................................... 32 SQRT Function ..................................................................................................................................... 32 TAN Function....................................................................................................................................... 32 TANH Function .................................................................................................................................... 32 String Functions ...................................................................................................................................... 34 ASCII Function ..................................................................................................................................... 34 CONCAT Function ................................................................................................................................ 34 LEFT Function ...................................................................................................................................... 34 LCASE Function.................................................................................................................................... 34 LENGTH Function ................................................................................................................................ 35 LOCATE Function ................................................................................................................................. 35 4

SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual LOWER Function ................................................................................................................................. 35 LPAD Function ..................................................................................................................................... 36 LTRIM Function ................................................................................................................................... 36 REPLACE Function ............................................................................................................................... 36 RIGHT Function ................................................................................................................................... 37 RPAD Function .................................................................................................................................... 37 RTRIM Function ................................................................................................................................... 37 SUBSTRING Function ........................................................................................................................... 37 SUBSTR_AFTER Function ..................................................................................................................... 38 SUBSTR_BEFORE Function .................................................................................................................. 38 TRIM Function ..................................................................................................................................... 38 UCASE Function................................................................................................................................... 39 UNICODE Function .............................................................................................................................. 39 UPPER Function................................................................................................................................... 39 SQL Statements ........................................................................................................................................... 41 ALTER TABLE........................................................................................................................................ 41 ALTER USER ......................................................................................................................................... 44 CREATE CALCULATION SCENARIO ....................................................................................................... 45 CREATE COLUMN VIEW....................................................................................................................... 47 CREATE INDEX ..................................................................................................................................... 52 CREATE ROLE ....................................................................................................................................... 53 CREATE SCHEMA ................................................................................................................................. 54 CREATE SEQUENCE.............................................................................................................................. 55 CREATE SYNONYM .............................................................................................................................. 57 CREATE TABLE ..................................................................................................................................... 58 CREATE TYPE ....................................................................................................................................... 62 CREATE USER....................................................................................................................................... 63 CREATE VIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 64 DELETE................................................................................................................................................. 65 DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO .......................................................................................................... 66 DROP INDEX ........................................................................................................................................ 67 DROP ROLE .......................................................................................................................................... 68 5

SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual DROP SCHEMA .................................................................................................................................... 69 DROP SEQUENCE................................................................................................................................. 70 DROP SYNONYM ................................................................................................................................. 71 DROP TABLE ........................................................................................................................................ 72 DROP TYPE .......................................................................................................................................... 73 DROP TABLE ........................................................................................................................................ 74 DROP USER .......................................................................................................................................... 75 DROP VIEW.......................................................................................................................................... 76 RENAME INDEX ................................................................................................................................... 77 GRANT ................................................................................................................................................. 78 INSERT ................................................................................................................................................. 81 LOAD ................................................................................................................................................... 82 MERGE DELTA ..................................................................................................................................... 83 RENAME COLUMN .............................................................................................................................. 84 RENAME INDEX ................................................................................................................................... 85 RENAME TABLE ................................................................................................................................... 86 REVOKE ............................................................................................................................................... 87 SELECT ................................................................................................................................................. 88 SET TRANSACTION .............................................................................................................................. 93 UNLOAD .............................................................................................................................................. 94 UPDATE ............................................................................................................................................... 95 UPSERT / REPLACE .............................................................................................................................. 96

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About this Guide

This document contains a list of functions and SQL statements supported by the SAP In-Memory Database as part of SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA) 1.0 SPS 02.

SAP HANA Guides

For more information about SAP HANA landscape, security, installation and administration, see the resources listed in the table below. Topic SAP HANA Landscape, Deployment & Installation SAP HANA Administration & Security Guide/Tool SAP HANA Knowledge Center on SAP Service Marketplace Quick Link https://service.sap.com/hana SAP HANA 1.0 Master Guide SAP HANA 1.0 Installation Guide SAP HANA Knowledge Center on SAP Help Portal http://help.sap.com/hana SAP HANA 1.0 Technical Operations Manual SAP HANA 1.0 Security Guide

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Notation
This reference use BNF (Backus Naur Form) which is the notation technique used to define programming languages, to describe SQL. BNF describes the syntax of a grammar using a set of production rules using a set of symbols. Table 1 presents meta symbols of BNF and descriptions. The Meta symbols of BNF Meta-symbol <> Description Angle brackets are placeholders for syntactical units explained in this document. Production rule has a left hand side (LHS) and a right hand side (RHS) separated by the meta-symbol "::=". The symbol on the left-hand side of the ::= is defined by the right hand side. Enclose optional element. Element between [ ] can be specified or omitted. Groups items. Elements between {} must be specified. Possible option elements in the formula. Elements follow by | can be chosen differently than front of | parts Displays several repeated item in the formula

::=

[] {} | ...

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Functions
Functions are used to return information from the database. They are allowed anywhere an expression is allowed. Functions use the same syntax conventions used by SQL statements.

Data type conversion functions

Data type conversion functions are used to convert arguments from one data type to another, or to test whether they can be converted. CAST Function
Syntax: CAST(expr AS data_type)

Description: Returns the value of an expression converted to a supplied data type. Parameters: expression - The expression to be converted. data type The target data type.
BIGINT | BINARY | BLOB | CHAR | CLOB | DATE | DECIMAL | DOUBLE | NCHAR | NCLOB | REAL | TIME | TIMESTAMP

Example:
SELECT TOP 1 CAST(7 AS CHAR(10)) "cast" FROM users;

Retrieves: cast
7

TO_BIGINT Function
Syntax: TO_BIGINT(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of bigint data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_BIGINT('10') "to bigint" FROM users; Retrieves:

to bigint 10

TO_BINARY Function
Syntax: TO_BINARY(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of binary string type.

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Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_BINARY('abcde') "to binary" FROM users; Retrieves:

to binary 6162636465

TO_BLOB Function
Syntax: TO_BLOB(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of blob type. expr must be a binary string. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_BLOB(TO_BINARY('abcde')) "to blob" FROM users; Retrieves:

to blob abcde

TO_CHAR Function
Syntax: TO_CHAR(expr [,format]) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of character data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('2009-12-31'), 'YYYY/MM/DD') "to char" FROM users; Retrieves:

to char 2009/12/31

TO_CLOB Function
Syntax: TO_CLOB(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of CLOB data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_CLOB ('TO_CLOB converts an expression into a value of CLOB data type') "to clob" FROM users; Retrieves:

to clob TO_CLOB converts an expression into a value of CLOB data type

TO_DATE Function
Syntax: TO_DATE(expr [, format]) Description:

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Converts the expr of a data type into a value of DATE data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_DATE('2010-01-12', 'YYYY-MM-DD') "to date" FROM users; Retrieves:

to date 2010-01-12

TO_DATS Function
Syntax: TO_DATS(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of ABAP DATE data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_DATS('2010-01-12') "abap date" FROM users; Retrieves:

abap date 20100112

TO_DECIMAL Function
Syntax: TO_DECIMAL(expr[, precision, scale]) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of DECIMAL(precision, scale) data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_DECIMAL(7654321.89, 9, 2) "to decimal" FROM users; Retrieves:

to decimal 7654321.89

TO_DOUBLE Function
Syntax: TO_DOUBLE(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of DOUBLE (double precision) data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 3*TO_DOUBLE ('15.12') "to double" FROM users; Retrieves:

to double 45.36

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Syntax: TO_INT(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of INTEGER data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_INT('10') "to int" FROM users; Retrieves:

to int 10

TO_INTEGER Function
Syntax: TO_INTEGER(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of INTEGER data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_INTEGER('10') "to int" FROM users; Retrieves:

to int 10

TO_NCHAR Function
Syntax: TO_NCHAR(expr [,format]) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of national character data type. If format is omitted, it converts to the corresponding format using the date format model. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_NCHAR(TO_DATE('2009/12/31'), 'YY-MM-DD') "to nchar" FROM users; Retrieves:

to nchar 09-12-31

TO_NCLOB Function
Syntax: TO_NCLOB(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of NCLOB data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_NCLOB ('TO_NCLOB converts an expression into a value of NCLOB data type') "to nclob" FROM users;

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Retrieves:

to nclob TO_NCLOB converts an expression into a value of NCLOB data type

TO_NUMBER Function
Syntax: TO_NUMBER(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a numeric data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 3.1*TO_NUMBER ('15') "to number" FROM users; Retrieves:

to number 46.5

TO_REAL Function
Syntax: TO_REAL(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into the value of REAL (single precision) data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 3*TO_REAL ('15.12') "to real" FROM users; Retrieves:

to real 45.36

TO_SMALLINT Function
Syntax: TO_SMALLINT(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of SMALLINT data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_SMALLINT('10') "to smallint" FROM users; Retrieves:

to smallint 10

TO_TINYINT Function
Syntax: TO_TINYINT(expr) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of TINYINT data type. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_TINYINT('10') "to tinyint" FROM users;

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Retrieves:

to tinyint 10

TO_TIME Function
Syntax: TO_TIME(expr [, format]) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into a value of TIME data type. If format is omitted, it converts expr into the corresponding format using the date format model. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_TIME ('08:30 AM', HH12:MI AM) "to time" FROM users; Retrieves:

to time 08:30:00

TO_TIMESTAMP Function
Syntax: TO_TIMESTAMP(expr [, format]) Description: Converts the expr of a data type into the TIMESTAMP data type. If format is omitted, it converts expr into the corresponding format using the date format model. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TO_TIMESTAMP ('2010-01-11 13:30:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') "to timestamp" FROM users; Retrieves:

to timestamp 2010-01-11 13:30:00.000

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DateTime Functions
ADD_DAYS Function
Syntax: ADD_DAYS(d, n) Description: Computes the date d plus n days. Example: SELECT TOP 1 ADD_DAYS(TO_DATE('2009-12-05', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 30) "add days" FROM users; Retrieves:

add days 2010-01-04

ADD_MONTHS Function
Syntax: ADD_MONTHS(d, n) Description: Computes the date d plus n months. Example: SELECT TOP 1 ADD_MONTHS(TO_DATE('2009-12-05', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 1) "add months" FROM users; Retrieves:

add months 2010-01-05

ADD_YEARS Function
Syntax: ADD_YEARS(d, n) Description: Computes the date d plus n years. Example: SELECT TOP 1 ADD_YEARS(TO_DATE('2009-12-05', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), 1) "add years" FROM users; Retrieves:

add years 2010-12-05

ADD_SECONDS Function
Syntax: ADD_SECONDS(t, n) Description: Computes the time t plus n seconds. Example: SELECT TOP 1 ADD_SECONDS(TO_TIME('23:30:45'), 60*30) "add seconds" FROM users;

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Retrieves:

add seconds 00:00:45.000

DAYS_BETWEEN Function
Syntax: DAYS_BETWEEN (date1, date2) Description: Computes the number of days between date1 and date2. Example: SELECT TOP 1 DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE('2009-12-05', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), TO_DATE('2010-01-05', 'YYYYMM-DD')) "days between" FROM users;

Retrieves:

days between 31

DAYNAME Function
Syntax: DAYNAME(expr) Description: Returns the name of the weekday in English. Example: SELECT TOP 1 DAYNAME('2011-05-30') "dayname" FROM users; Retrieves:

dayname MONDAY

DAYOFMONTH Function
Syntax: DAYOFMONTH(expr) Description: Returns the day of the month in integer. Example: SELECT TOP 1 DAYOFMONTH ('2011-05-30') "dayofmonth" FROM users; Retrieves:

dayofmonth 30

DAYOFYEAR Function
Syntax: DAYOFYEAR(expr) Description: Returns the day of the year in integer.

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Example: SELECT TOP 1 DAYOFYEAR ('2011-05-30') "dayofyear" FROM users; Retrieves:

dayofyear 150

EXTRACT Function
Syntax: EXTRACT({YEAR | MONTH | DAY | HOUR | MINUTE | SECOND} FROM datetime_value) Description: Finds and returns the value of a specified datetime field from a datetime_value. Example: SELECT TOP 1 EXTRACT(YEAR FROM TO_DATE('2010-01-04', 'YYYY-MM-DD')) "extract" FROM users; Retrieves:

extract 2010

HOUR Function
Syntax: HOUR(expr) Description: Extract hour from expr. Example: SELECT TOP 1 HOUR ('12:34:56) "hour" FROM users; Retrieves:

hour 12

LAST_DAY Function
Syntax: LAST_DAY(d) Description: Returns the date of the last day of the month that contains d.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 LAST_DAY(TO_DATE('2010-01-04', 'YYYY-MM-DD')) "last day" FROM users; Retrieves:

last day 2010-01-31

MINUTE Function
Syntax: MINUTE(expr) Description:

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Extract minute from expr. Example: SELECT TOP 1 MINUTE ('12:34:56) "minute" FROM users; Retrieves:

minute 34

MONTH Function
Syntax: MONTH(expr) Description: Returns the number of the month from a given date. Example: SELECT TOP 1 MONTH ('2011-05-30) "month" FROM users; Retrieves:

month 5

MONTHNAME Function
Syntax: MONTHNAME(expr) Description: Returns the name of the month in English. Example: SELECT TOP 1 MONTHNAME ('2011-05-30) "monthname" FROM users; Retrieves:

monthname MAY

NEXT_DAY Function
Syntax: NEXT_DAY(d) Description: Returns the date of the next day of d. Example: SELECT TOP 1 NEXT_DAY(TO_DATE('2009-12-31', 'YYYY-MM-DD')) "next day" FROM users; Retrieves:

next day 2010-01-01

NOW Function
Syntax:

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NOW() Description: Returns the current timestamp. Example: SELECT TOP 1 NOW() "now" FROM users; Retrieves:

now 2010-01-01 16:34:19

SECOND Function
Syntax: SECOND(t) Description: Returns the second number of a given time t. Example: SELECT TOP 1 SECOND(12:34:56) "second" FROM users; Retrieves:

second 56

SECONDS_BETWEEN Function
Syntax: SECONDS_BETWEEN(d1, d2) Description: Computes the number of seconds between d1 and d2, which is semantically equal to d2 d1. Example: SELECT TOP 1 SECONDS_BETWEEN('2009-12-05', '2010-01-05') "seconds between" FROM users; Retrieves:

Seconds between 2678400

WEEK Function
Syntax: WEEK(d) Description: Returns the week number of a given date d.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 WEEK(TO_DATE('2011-05-30', 'YYYY-MM-DD')) "week" FROM users; Retrieves:

week 22

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Syntax: WEEKDAY(d) Description: Returns the day of week of a given date d. The return value ranges from 0 to 6, each of which represents Monday to Sunday. Example: SELECT TOP 1 WEEKDAY(TO_DATE('2010-12-31', 'YYYY-MM-DD')) "week day" FROM users; Retrieves:

week day 4

YEAR Function
Syntax: YEAR(d) Description: Returns the year number of a given date d. Example: SELECT TOP 1 YEAR(TO_DATE('2011-05-30', 'YYYY-MM-DD')) "year" FROM users; Retrieves:

year 2011

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Miscellaneous Functions
COALESCE Function
Syntax : COALESCE(expr_list) Description:

Returns the first non-NULL expression from a list. At least two expressions must be passed into the function, and all expressions must be comparable.The result will be NULL if all the arguments are NULL.
Example: SELECT * FROM tab; Retrieves:

ID 1 2 3

A 100.0 NULL NULL

B 80.0 63.0 NULL

SELECT id, a, b, COALESCE(a, b*1.1, 50.0) "coalesce" FROM tab; Retrieves:

ID 1 2 3

A 100.0 NULL NULL

B 80.0 63.0 NULL

coalesce 100 69.3 50

IFNULL Function
Syntax: IFNULL(expr1, expr2) Description: Returns expr1 if expr1 is not NULL and expr2 if expr1 is NULL. Example: SELECT TOP 1 IFNULL('diff', 'same') "ifnull" FROM users; Retrieves:

ifnull diff

NULLIF Function
Syntax: NULLIF(expr1, expr2) Description: NULLIF compares the values of the two expressions. If the first expression equals the second expression, NULLIF returns NULL. If the first expression does not equal the second expression, or if the second expression is NULL, NULLIF returns the first expression.

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The NULLIF function provides a short way to write some CASE expressions. Example: SELECT TOP 1 NULLIF('diff', 'same') "nullif" FROM users; Retrieves:

nullif diff
SELECT TOP 1 NULLIF('same', 'same') "nullif" FROM users; Retrieves:

nullif NULL

CURRENT_CONNECTION Function
Syntax: CURRENT_CONNECTION Description: Returns the current connection id. Example: SELECT TOP 1 CURRENT_CONNECTION "current connection" FROM users; Retrieves:

current connection 2

CURRENT_SCHEMA Function
Syntax: CURRENT_SCHEMA Description: Returns the current schema name in the string. Example: SELECT TOP 1 CURRENT_SCHEMA "current schema" FROM users; Retrieves:

current schema SYSTEM

CURRENT_USER Function
Syntax: CURRENT_USER Description: Returns the current user name in the string. Example: SELECT TOP 1 CURRENT_USER "current user" FROM users; Retrieves:

current user

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SYSTEM

DATABASE Function
Syntax: DATABASE() Description: Returns the current schema name. Example: SELECT TOP 1 DATABASE() FROM users; Retrieves:

CURRENT_SCHEMA SYSTEM

USER Function
Syntax: USER() Description: Returns the current user name. Example: SELECT TOP 1 USER() "current user" FROM users; Retrieves:

current user SYSTEM

GROUPING_ID Function
Syntax: GROUPING_ID(column_name_list) Description: GROUPING_ID function can be used with GROUPING SETS to return multiple levels of aggregations in a single result set. GROUPING_ID returns an integer value to identify which grouping set each row belongs to. Each column in GROUPING_ID must be an element of the GROUPING SETS. GROUPING_ID is assigned by converting the bit vector generated from GROUPING SETS to a decimal number by treating the bit vector as a binary number. When a bit vector is composed, 0 is assigned to each column specified in the GROUPING SETS and 1 otherwise in the order it appears in the GROUPING SETS. By treating the bit vector as a binary number, this function returns an integer value as the output. Example: SELECT customer, year, product, SUM(sales), GROUPING_ID(customer, year, product) FROM guided_navi_tab GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ( (customer, year, product), (customer, year), (customer, product),

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(year, product), (customer), (year), (product) ); Retrieves:

CUSTOMER YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 C1 C1 C2 C2 C1 C1 C2 C2 C1 C1 C2 C2 C1 C2 C1 C2 ? ? ? ? C1 C2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

PRODUCT SUM(SALES) 100 50 200 100 200 150 300 150 300 200 500 250 150 300 350 450 300 150 500 300 500 750 800 450 450 800

GROUPING_ID(CUSTOMER,YEAR,PRODUCT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 6 6

2009 P1 2010 P1 2009 P1 2010 P1 2009 P2 2010 P2 2009 P2 2010 P2 2009 ? 2010 ? 2009 ? 2010 ? P1 P1 P2 P2 2009 P1 2010 P1 2009 P2 2010 P2 ? ? 2009 ? 2010 ? P1 P2

SESSION_CONTEXT Function
Syntax: SESSION_CONTEXT(session_parameter) Description:

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Returns the value of session_parameter assigned to the current user or the value of a personal setting. The parameter can be set when the session is created. Currently available read only session variables are locale, locale_sap, client, conn_id, applicationname, clientuser, clienthostname. Example: SELECT TOP 1 SESSION_CONTEXT(conn_Id) session context FROM users; Retrieves:

session context 4

SYSUUID Function
Syntax: SYSUUID Description: Returns the SYSUUID. Example: SELECT TOP 1 SYSUUID FROM users; Retrieves:

SYSUUID 4DE3CD576C79511BE10000000A3C2220

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Number Functions
Number functions take numeric values or strings with numeric characters as inputs and returns numeric values. When strings with numeric characters are given as inputs, implicit conversion from string to number is performed automatically before computing the result values.

ABS Function
Syntax : ABS ( n ) Description:

Returns the absolute value of a numeric expression n.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 ABS(-1) "absolute" FROM users;

Retrieves:
absolute 1

ACOS Function
Syntax: ACOS ( n ) Description:

Returns the arc-cosine, in radians, of a numeric expression n between -1 and 1.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 ACOS(0.5) "acos" FROM users; Retrieves:

acos 1.0471975511965979

ASIN Function
Syntax: ASIN ( n ) Description:

Returns the arc-sine, in radians, of a number n between -1 and 1.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 ASIN(0.5) "asin" FROM users; Retrieves:

asin 0.5235987755982989

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Syntax : ATAN ( n ) Description:

Returns the arc-tangent, in radians, of a number n. The argument is a number and the range of n is
unlimited. Example: SELECT TOP 1 ATAN(0.5) "atan" FROM users; Retrieves:

atan 0.4636476090008061

ATAN2 Function
Syntax : ATAN2 (n, m) Description:

Returns the arc-tangent, in radians, of the ratio of two numbers n and m. This is the same result as
ATAN(n/m). Example: SELECT TOP 1 ATAN2(1.0, 2.0) "atan2" FROM users; Retrieves:

atan2 0.4636476090008061

BITAND Function
Syntax: BITAND (expr1, expr2) Description: Calculates an AND operation on the bits of expr1 and expr2. Both expr1 and expr2 must be non-negative integers. The BITAND function returns an integer. Example: SELECT TOP 1 BITAND(255, 123) "bitand" FROM users; Retrieves:

bitand 123

CEIL / CEILING Function

Syntax : CEIL ( n ) Description:

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Example: SELECT TOP 1 CEIL(14.5) "ceiling" FROM users; Retrieves:

ceiling 15

COS Function
Syntax: COS ( n ) Description:

Returns the cosine of the angle in radians given by its argument n.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 COS(0.0) "cos" FROM users; Retrieves:

cos 1.0

COSH Function
Syntax: COSH ( n ) Description: Computes the hyperbolic cosine of n. Example: SELECT TOP 1 COSH(0.5) "cosh" FROM users; Retrieves:

cosh 1.1276259652063807

COT Function
Syntax: COT ( n ) Description: Computes the cotangent of n. Example: SELECT TOP 1 COT(40) "cot" FROM users; Retrieves:

Cot 1.5423510453569202

EXP Function
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Description:

Returns the result of the base of natural logarithms e raised to the power of the given argument n.
Example: SELECT TOP 1 EXP(1.0) "exp" FROM users; Retrieves:

exp 2.718281828459045

FLOOR Function
Syntax: FLOOR ( n ) Description:

Returns the largest integer not greater than the given number n.
Example: SELECT TOP 1 FLOOR(14.5) "floor" FROM users; Retrieves:

floor 14

GREATEST Function
Syntax: GREATEST ( n1 [, n2]...) Description: Returns the greatest value among the arguments: n1, n2, ... Example: SELECT TOP 1 GREATEST ('aa', 'ab', 'ba', 'bb') "greatest" FROM users; Retrieves:

greatest bb

LEAST Function
Syntax: LEAST ( n1 [, n2]...) Description: Returns the least value among the arguments: n1, n2... Example: SELECT TOP 1 LEAST('aa', 'ab', 'ba', 'bb') "least" FROM users; Retrieves:

least aa

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Syntax: LN ( n ) Description: Returns the natural logarithm of a given value n, where n is greater than 0.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 LN(9) "ln" FROM users; Retrieves:

ln
2.1972245773362196

LOG Function
Syntax : LOG(m, n) Description: Returns the natural logarithm of n base m. The base m must be a positive value other than 1 and n must be any positive value. Example: SELECT TOP 1 LOG(10, 2) "log" FROM users; Retrieves:

log 0.30102999566398114

MOD Function
Syntax: MOD(n, d) Description:

Returns the remainder of a number n divided by a divisor d.

When n is negative this function acts differently to the standard computational modulo operation. The following explains example of what MOD functions returns as the result. If d is zero, then this function returns n. If n is greater than 0 and n is less than d, then this function returns n. If n is less than 0 and n is greater than d, then this function returns n. Otherwise, this function calculates the remainder of the absolute value of n divided by the absolute value of d to calculate the absolute value of the remainder. If m is less than 0, then the returned remainder from MOD is a negative number, and if m is greater than 0, then the returned remainder from MOD is a positive number. Example: SELECT TOP 1 MOD(15, 4) "modulus" FROM users; Retrieves:

modulus

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POWER Function
Syntax: POWER(b, e) Description:

Calculates the base number b raised to the power of an exponent e.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 POWER(2, 10) "power" FROM users; Retrieves:

power 1024.0

ROUND Function
Syntax: ROUND(n [, pos ]) Description:

Rounds n to the specified pos amount of places after the decimal point.
Example: SELECT TOP 1 ROUND(16.16, 1) "round" FROM users; Retrieves:

round 16.2
SELECT TOP 1 ROUND(16.56) "round" FROM users; Retrieves:

round 17

SIGN Function
Syntax: SIGN ( n ) Description:

Returns the sign (positive or negative) of the given number.n. Returns 1 if n is a positive value, -1
if n is a negative value, and 0 if n is equal to zero. Example: SELECT TOP 1 SIGN(-15) "sign" FROM users; Retrieves:

sign -1

SIN Function
Syntax:

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SIN ( n ) Description:

Returns the sine of n, where the argument is an angle expressed in radians.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 SIN( 3.141592653589793/2) "sine" FROM users; Retrieves:

sine 1.0

SINH Function
Syntax: SINH (n) Description: Returns the hyperbolic sine of n, where

the argument is an angle expressed in radians.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 SINH(0.0) "sinh" FROM users; Retrieves:

sinh 0.0

SQRT Function
Syntax: SQRT ( n ) Description:

Returns the square root of a number n.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 SQRT(2) "sqrt" FROM users; Retrieves:

sqrt 1.4142135623730951

TAN Function
Syntax: TAN ( n ) Description:

Returns the tangent of a number n.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 TAN(0.0) "tan" FROM users; Retrieves:

tan 0.0

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Syntax: TANH ( n ) Description: Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number n. Example: SELECT TOP 1 TANH(1.0) "tanh" FROM users; Retrieves:

tanh 0.7615941559557649

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String Functions
ASCII Function
Syntax: ASCII(c) Description:

Returns the integer ASCII value of the first byte in a string c.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 ASCII('Ant') "ascii" FROM users; Retrieves:

ascii 65

CONCAT Function
Syntax : CONCAT(str1, str2) Description: Returns a combined string which consists of str1 followed by str2. The concatenation operator (||) is identical to this function. Example: SELECT TOP 1 CONCAT('C', 'at') "concat" FROM users; Retrieves:

concat Cat

LEFT Function
Syntax : LEFT(str, n) Description:

Returns n characters from the beginning of a string str.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 LEFT('Hello', 3) "left" FROM users; Retrieves:

left Hel

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Example: SELECT TOP 1 LCASE('Test') "lcase FROM users; Retrieves:

lcase test

LENGTH Function
Syntax: LENGTH(s) Description:

Returns the number of characters in the specified string.s. For CLOB or NCLOB, it returns the
length in bytes. Example: SELECT TOP 1 LENGTH('length in char') "length" FROM users; Retrieves:

length 14

LOCATE Function
Syntax: LOCATE(haystack, needle) Description:

Returns the position of sub-string needle within string haystack. Returns 0 if needle is not found
from haystack. Example: SELECT TOP 1 LOCATE('length in char', char) "locate" FROM users; Retrieves:

Locate 11

LOWER Function
Syntax LOWER(s) Description

Converts all characters in a string s to lowercase. The LOWER function is identical to the LCASE function.
Example SELECT TOP 1 LOWER('Ant') "lower" FROM users; Retrieves:

lower ant

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Syntax: LPAD(target, n[, pattern]) Description: Pad the left side of a target string with spaces or pattern to make the target n characters in length.. Example: SELECT TOP 1 LPAD('end', 15, '12345') "lpad" FROM users;

Retrieves:

lpad 123451234512end

LTRIM Function
Syntax: LTRIM(target [, remove_set]) Description: Removes from the leftmost of target all of the characters that appear in remove_set until reaching a character not in remove_set and then returns the result. If remove_set is not specified, a single blank space is used. Please note that remove_set is treated as a set of characters and not a search string. Example: SELECT TOP 1 LTRIM('babababAabend','ab') "ltrim" FROM users; Retrieves:

ltrim Aabend

REPLACE Function
Syntax: REPLACE (original_string, search_string, replace_string) Description: Searches in original_string for all occurrences of search_string and replaces them with replace_string. If original_string is an empty string, then the result will also be an empty string. If two overlapping substrings match the search_string in the original_string, then only the first occurrence will be replaced with the replace_string. If original_string does not contain any occurrence of search_string, then the function returns the original_string unchanged. If original_string, search_string, or replace_string is NULL, then the function returns NULL.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 REPLACE ('DOWNGRADE DOWNWARD','DOWN', 'UP') "replace" FROM users; Retrieves:

replace UPGRADE UPWARD

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Syntax: RIGHT(target, n) Description:

Returns the rightmost n characters of a string target.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 RIGHT('HI0123456789', 3) "right" FROM users; Retrieves:

right 789

RPAD Function
Syntax: RPAD (target, n[, pattern]) Description: Pad the right side of a target string with spaces or pattern to make the target n characters in length. Example: SELECT TOP 1 RPAD('end', 15, '12345') "right padded" FROM users; Retrieves:

right padded end123451234512

RTRIM Function
Syntax: RTRIM (target [,remove_set ]) Description: Removes from the rightmost of target all of the characters that appear in remove_set until reaching a character not in remove_set and then returns the result. If remove_set is not specified, a single blank space is used. Please note that remove_set is treated as a set of characters and not a search string.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 RTRIM ('endabAabbabab','ab') "rtrim" FROM users; Retrieves:

rtrim endabA

SUBSTRING Function
Syntax: SUBSTRING (target, start_position [, string_length]) Description:

Returns a substring of a string target starting from the start_position of the string. SUBSTRING can
either return the remaining part of a string from the start_position or, optionally, a number of characters set by the string_length parameter.

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If start_position is less than 0, then it is considered as 1. If string_length is less than 1, then an empty string is returned as the result.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 SUBSTRING('1234567890',4,2) "substring" FROM users; Retrieves:

substring 45

SUBSTR_AFTER Function
Syntax: SUBSTR_AFTER(target, pattern) Description: Returns a substring of the target string that follows the first occurrence of the pattern argument in the target string. If target does not contain a substring which is the same as pattern, then an empty string is returned. If pattern is an empty string, then target is returned. If target or pattern is NULL, then NULL is returned.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 SUBSTR_AFTER('Hello My Friend','My ') "substr after" FROM users; Retrieves:

substr after Friend

SUBSTR_BEFORE Function
Syntax: SUBSTR_BEFORE(target, pattern) Description: Returns a substring of the target string before the first occurrence of the pattern argument in the target string. If target does not contain a substring which is the same as pattern, then an empty string is returned. If pattern is an empty string, then target is returned. If target or pattern is NULL, then NULL is returned. Example: SELECT TOP 1 SUBSTR_BEFORE('Hello My Friend','My') "substr before" FROM users; Retrieves:

substr before Hello

TRIM Function
Syntax: TRIM ([[LEADING | TRAILING | BOTH] trim_char FROM] target_string ) Description: Returns a string after trimming a trim_char from trim_source string. The trimming operation is carried out either from the start (LEADING), end (TRAILING) or both(BOTH) ends of the target_string.

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If either target_string or trim_char is a null value, then a NULL is returned. If no option is specified, it removes both the leading and trailing substring trim_char from target_string string. If trim_char is not specified, then a single blank space will be used.

Example: SELECT TOP 1 TRIM (a FROM aaa123456789aa) "trim both" FROM users; Retrieves:

trim both 123456789

SELECT TOP 1 TRIM (LEADING a FROM aaa123456789aa) "trim leading" FROM users; Retrieves:

trim leading 123456789aa

UCASE Function
Syntax : UCASE(target) Description:

Converts all characters in the target string to uppercase

Example: SELECT TOP 1 UCASE('Ant') "ucase" FROM users; Retrieves:

ucase ANT

UNICODE Function
Syntax : UNICODE(c) Description:

Returns an integer containing the Unicode code point of the first character in the string, or NULL if the first character is not a valid encoding.
Example: SELECT TOP 1 UNICODE('#') "unicode" FROM users; Retrieves:

unicode 54620

UPPER Function
Syntax: UPPER(target) Description:

Converts all characters in the target string to uppercase.

Example:

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SELECT TOP 1 UPPER('Ant') "uppercase" FROM users; Retrieves:

uppercase ANT

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SQL Statements
This chapter describes the SQL statements that are supported by the HDB.

ALTER TABLE
SQL Syntax: ALTER TABLE table_name { <add_column_clause> | < drop_column_clause> | <add_primary_key_clause> | < drop_primary_key_clause> | < preload_clause> | <table_conversion_clause> | < move_clause> } [WITH PARAMETERS ( parameter_key_value, ... ) ] Parameters: add_column_clause::= ADD ( column_definition, ... ) drop_column_clause ::=DROP ( column_name, ... ) add_primary_key_clause ::= ADD [CONSTRAINT constraint_name] PRIMARY KEY ( column_name, ... ) CONSTRAINT Specifies the name of a constraint. PRIMARY KEY A primary key constraint is a combination of a NOT NULL constraint and a UNIQUE constraint. It prohibits multiple rows from having the same value in the same column. drop_primary_key_clause ::= DROP PRIMARY KEY preload_clause ::= PRELOAD ALL | PRELOAD ( column_name ) | PRELOAD NONE PRELOAD sets/removes the preload flag of the given tables or columns. As a consequence, these tables are automatically loaded into memory after an index server start. The current status of the preload flag is visible in the system table TABLES, column PRELOAD, possible values ('FULL', 'PARTIALLY', 'NO' ) and in system table TABLE_COLUMNS, column PRELOAD, possible values ('TRUE', 'FALSE').

table_conversion_clause ::= [ MODIFY TYPE ] [ ROW | COLUMN ] [ THREADS int_constr ] [ BATCH batch_size ] MODIFY TYPE ROW | COLUMN This command is used to convert the table storage from ROW to COLUMN or from COLUMN to ROW. THREADS int_const Specifies how many threads should be used in parallel for table conversion. Default: The default value is TABLE_CONVERSION_PARALLELISM that is, the number of CPU cores specified in the indexserver.ini file. BATCH int_const

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Specifies the number of rows inserted in batch. Insert into column table will be immediately committed after every int_const records insertion, which may reduce memory consumption. BATCH option can be used only when the table is converted from ROW to COLUMN. The default value is 2147483647. A new table with a different storage type can be created from an existing table by copying the existing table's columns and data. This command is used to convert the table storage from ROW to COLUMN or from COLUMN to ROW. If the source table was in ROW storage, then the created table will be in COLUMN storage. move_clause ::= MOVE TO LOCATION <host:port> MOVE TO LOCATION A column store table can be moved to the specified location in a distributed environment. When a table is in row store need to be moved, convert the row table to a column table first and then move to a new location using this command.

WITH PARAMETERS ( <parameter_key_value>, ... ) Column store-specific options can be passed in using the "WITH PARAMETERS" clause. Keys and single values can be any string constant Duplicate keys are allowed Keys are automatically mapped into their uppercase representation parameter_key_value ::= <string_literal> = <string_literal> | <identifier> = <string_literal> | <string_literal> = (<string_literal>, ... ) Current parameters AUTO_MERGE = 'ON' | 'OFF' Default=ON Automatic delta merge triggered by memwatcher. CONCAT_ATTRIBUTE = (new_att, exist_att_list) Creating concatenated attributes: new_att:= string_literal exist_att_list = 'string_literal' | exist-att-list ',' 'string_literal' DELETE_CONCAT_ATTRIBUTE := exist_att Deleting concatenated attributes: exist_att := 'string_literal' TREX_FLAGS = ('column_name','flags'), Flags are the implementation flags; the integer value is currently between 0 and 67108864. INDEX_PROPERTY = ('prop#', 'value') Changing column table properties ALTER TABLE <table_name> WITH PARAMETERS (INDEX_PROPERTY = ('prop#', 'value') ) PARTITION_SPEC = 'partition spec',

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For example, 'HASH 2 a, b' where 2 is the number of parts to create and 'a' and 'b' are the columns that are used to create that hash value for each row. The ALTER TABLE either splits or merges the table. Use 'MERGE' as partition spec to merge the parts. The tables have to be merged before they can be split using a different partition specification. DSO_ACTIVATE_REQUESTS = (rid_list) dso-activation of the given request IDs in the corresponding DSO index. rid_list has to be a comma-separated list of strings. Activation in the DSO sense means changing the active data of the DSO index by applying the changes of the given requests residing in the Activation Queue. This parameter will only work for DSO indexes. DSO_ROLLBACK_REQUESTS = (rid_list) dso-rollback of the given RequestIds in the corresponding DSO index. rid_list has to be a comma-separated list of strings. Rollback in the DSO sense means removing the changes in the active data of the DSO that were caused by the given requests. This parameter will only work for DSO indexes. Description: The ALTER TABLE statement adds, deletes or modifies a column from a table and creates or drops a primary key. It can also delete or add multiple columns at a time. The new column will initially be filled with a default value. If a default is not specified, then the value is NULL. Example 1: ALTER TABLE T1 ADD (column_a VARCHAR(10)); ALTER TABLE T1 WITH PARAMETERS('CONCAT_ATTRIBUTE'=('A$B','A','B'));

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SQL Syntax: ALTER USER user_name IDENTIFIED BY password ALTER USER user_name IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY AS external_identity Parameters: IDENTIFIED BY You can change a users password with this command IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY You can change the external authentication. For information about external identities, contact your system administrator. Description: The ALTER USER statement modifies the database user. Users created with IDENTIFIED BY cannot be changed to EXTERNALLY and vice versa, the users created with EXTERNALLY cannot be changed to IDENTIFIED BY. Example: ALTER USER my_user IDENTIFIED BY AAAAAAa1;

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SQL Syntax: CREATE CALCULATION SCENARIO name USING <xml> [WITH PARAMETERS ( <parameter_key_value>, ... ) ] Parameters: xml ::= string_literal parameter_key_value ::= 'DEFAULT_SCHEMA' = schema_name |'INMEMORY_SCENARIO' = '0' |'INMEMORY_SCENARIO' = '1' |'EXPOSE_NODE' = ( node_name, view_name ) |'EXPOSE_NODE' = ( node_name, schema_name, view_name ) Description: The CREATE CALCULATION SCENARIO statement creates a calculation scenario. Please note that a calculation scenario is not a default catalog object, so it cannot be accessed via a SELECT statement after its creation. A column view of type calculation is required on top of the scenario to query it. As it is not a catalog object, it is also not linked to a catalog schema. The first part of the name can be rather seen as a package in which the scenario is created. This implies that a drop of a (database) schema does not drop the calculation scenarios. The scenario is defined with the used XML-string which has to be formatted as described in the XSD. The default schema defines on the one hand the package in which the scenario is created (if not defined explicitly), and the schema for the views on top listed in the expose nodes on the other. It can be either in-memory only (set optional parameter value 'INMEMORY_SCENARIO' = '1') or persistent. The default scenario is persistent and stored in the repository. With an expose node item it is possible to directly create a column view of type calculation on top of a specified node on top of the scenario. The view name is defined in 'view_name'. The referenced node has to be specified in 'node_name'. Note that sub-transactions have started (and committed) in order to create the views. Note: For application development, do not use these exposed node items. Instead, create the column views of type calculation manually. Example DROP TABLE TEST1; CREATE INSERT ONLY COLUMN TABLE TEST1(A INTEGER, B DOUBLE); insert into test1 values ( 1, 2); insert into test1 values ( 11, 22); insert into test1 values ( 111, 222); DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO SYSTEM.DEMO_PROJECTION_OP cascade; CREATE CALCULATION SCENARIO SYSTEM.DEMO_PROJECTION_OP USING ' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <cubeSchema version="2" operation="createCalculationScenario"> <calculationScenario schema="SYSTEM" name="DEMO_PROJECTION_OP">

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<dataSources> <tableDataSource name="demo_projection_datasource" schema="SYSTEM" table="TEST1"> <attributes> <allAttribute/> </attributes> </tableDataSource> </dataSources> <calculationViews> <projection name="demo_projection" defaultViewFlag="true"> <inputs> <input name="demo_projection_datasource" /> </inputs> <attributes> <allAttribute /> <calculatedAttribute name="C" datatype="double" isViewAttribute="true"> <formula>"A" * "B"</formula> </calculatedAttribute> </attributes> <filter>"C" &gt; 1</filter> </projection> </calculationViews> </calculationScenario> </cubeSchema>' ; DROP VIEW SYSTEM.MYCALCVIEW; CREATE COLUMN VIEW SYSTEM.MYCALCVIEW TYPE CALCULATION WITH PARAMETERS ('PARENTCALCINDEXPACKAGE'='SYSTEM', 'PARENTCALCINDEX'='DEMO_PROJECTION_OP', 'PARENTCALCNODE'='demo_projection'); SELECT * FROM SYSTEM.MYCALCVIEW; DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO SYSTEM.DEMO_PROJECTION_OP CASCADE;

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SQL Syntax: CREATE COLUMN VIEW view_name [ ( column_name, ... ) ] [ TYPE <types> ] AS <subquery> [ WITH PARAMETERS (<parameter_key_value>, ... ) ] Parameters: types := OLAP | JOIN | HIERARCHY | PROPERTY | LANGUAGE | CALCULATION | FBO parameter_key_value ::= <string_literal> = <string_literal> | <identifier> = <string_literal> | <string_literal> = (<string_literal>, ... ) string_literal ::= description | index_type | join_index | join_condition | join_path | constraint | index_alias | join_index_type | join_index_estimation |view_attribute | view | default_view | semantic_relation | rfc_destination | auto_replication| key_figure | unit_conversion | optimize_metamodel | free_style_search_attribute |all_attrs_free_style_relevant | flags | characteristic | hierarchy_definition_type | hierarchy_definition description ::= DESCRIPTION = string_literal index_type ::= INDEXTYPE = int_const OLAP_INDEX = 5, JOIN_INDEX = 6, CALC_INDEX = 11 join_index ::= JOININDEX = table_name Table name to be joined. Join_index can be repeated as desired. join_condition ::= JOINCONDITION = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , table_name ,column_name ) |JOINCONDITION = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , table_name, column_name , string_literal , int_const , int_const ) |JOINCONDITION = ( string_literal ,table_name , column_name , table_name , column_name , string_literal , int_const , int_const', string_literal ) |JOINCONDITION = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , table_name ,column_name , string_literal , int_const , int_const' , string_literal , string_literal ) Specifies the join attributes, join condition can be repeated as desired. Example: join_condition = name, table1, field1, table2, field2, [constraint]. join_path ::= JOINPATH' = ( string_literal , string_literal ) |JOINPATH = ( string_literal , string_literal ,string_literal ) JOINPATH can be repeated as desired. Example: join_path = name, join1, join2, [constraint] constraint ::= CONSTRAINT = ( string_literal , int_const , string_literal , table_name , column_name, string_literal , string_literal [ , int_const , string_literal ] )

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Example: constraint=name,type,location,indexed,attrname,operator,value[,specialConstraintType, defaultValue] index_alias ::= INDEXALIAS = ( table_name = string_literal ) Species an alias for an index. join_index_type ::= JOININDEXTYPE = int_const Example: join_index_type =(0 None, 1 fact table, 2 d table, 3 x table, 4 y table, 5 hirearchy, 6 s table, 7 external object, 8 conv table) join_index_estimation ::= JOININDEXESTIMATION = int_const join_index_estimation specifies number of estimated documents in an index view_attribute ::= VIEWATTRIBUTE = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , string_literal , string_literal , string_literal ) |VIEWATTRIBUTE = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , string_literal , string_literal ,string_literal , string_literal ) |VIEWATTRIBUTE = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , string_literal , string_literal ,string_literal , string_literal , string_literal ) |VIEWATTRIBUTE = ( string_literal , string_literal ) Example: view_attribute = (name, table, field, joinPath, viewName, type, defaultDefinition, [expression]) view ::= VIEW = (string_literal , table_name [ , string_literal ]) view = (name, anchor table) default_view ::= DEFAULTVIEW = string_literal Specifies default view name. semantic_relation ::= SEMANTICRELATION = ( string_literal , string_literal , string_literal , string_literal ) Example: semantic_relation = name, joinPath, view, type key_figure ::= KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , int_const ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , int_const , string_literal ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , string_literal , int_const ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , string_literal , int_const , string_literal ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , string_literal , int_const , string_literal , RESTRICTION = string_literal) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , string_literal , int_const , string_literal , string_literal , RESTRICTION= string_literal ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , int_const , FORMULA = string_literal , DESCRIPTION = string_literal , UNITCONVERSIONNAME = string_literal , EXPRESSION = string_literal , EXPRESSIONFLAGS = int_const ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , int_const , FORMULA = string_literal , DESCRIPTION = string_literal , UNITCONVERSIONNAME = string_literal , EXPRESSION = string_literal , EXPRESSIONFLAGS = int_const , RESTRICTION = string_literal ) | KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , int_const , FORMULA = string_literal , DESCRIPTION = string_literal , UNITCONVERSIONNAME = string_literal , EXPRESSION = string_literal , EXPRESSIONFLAGS = int_const , INDEXID = table_ref_trex , ATTRIBUTE = column_name )

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| KEYFIGURE = ( column_name , int_const , FORMULA = string_literal , DESCRIPTION = string_literal , UNITCONVERSIONNAME = string_literal , EXPRESSION = string_literal , EXPRESSIONFLAGS = int_const , INDEXID = table_ref_trex , ATTRIBUTE = column_name , RESTRICTION = string_literal , ALIAS = int_const ) Possible key_figure values are as follows: keyFigure,defaulttype keyFigure,defaulttype,description keyFigure,formula,defaulttype keyFigure,formula,defaulttype,restriction=x keyFigure,formula,defaulttype,description keyFigure,formula,defaulttype,description,restriction=x keyFigure,defaulttype,formula=x,description=x,unitConversionName=x,expression=x,expressi onFlags=x keyFigure,defaulttype,formula=x,description=x,unitConversionName=x,expression=x,expressi onFlags=x,restriction=x keyFigureName,defaulttype,formula=x,description=x,unitConversionName=x,expression=x,ex pressionFlags=x,indexId=x,attribute=x keyFigureName,defaulttype,formula=x,description=x,unitConversionName=x,expression=x,ex pressionFlags=x,indexId=x,attribute=x,restriction=x,alias=x unit_conversion ::= UNITCONVERSION = ( string_literal , table_name , column_name , string_literal , column_name , string_literal , name ) Example: unitConversion= unitConversionName,indexId,sourceUnitAttribute,destinationUnit,factorAttribute,joinPathName optimize_metamodel ::= OPTIMIZEMETAMODEL = int_const Default value for OPTIMIZEMETAMODEL = 1. free_style_search_attribute ::= FREESTYLESEARCHATTRIBUTE = string_literal free_style_search_attribute specifies a free style search relevant variables. flags ::= FLAGS = int_const characteristic ::= CHARACTERISTIC = ( string_literal characteristic_param_list ) characteristic_param_list ::= SIDATTRIBUTE = column_name | KEYATTRIBUTE = column_name | TEXTATTRIBUTE = column_name | EXTERNALATTRIBUTE = column_name | HIERARCHYNAME = string_literal | HIERARCHYINDEX = string_literal | string_literal * Example: characteristic (name, [, sidAttribute, keyAttribute, textAttribute,externalAttribute, hierarchyName, hierarchyIndex, description]) register_view_for_ap_check ::= 'REGISTERVIEWFORAPCHECK' = int_const Register_view_for_ap_check is required to define that a column view (join, olap, or calculation) is registered for the AnalyticalPrivileges check. hierarchy_definition_type ::= HIERARCHYDEFINITIONTYPE = string_literal Switch deciding which hierarchy definition format to take. Currently valid values are o o POLESTAR (default) hierarchy definition is taken from all other hierarchy parameters except of HIERARCHYDEFINITION, deprecated. JSON hierarchy definition is extracted solely from parameter HIERARCHYDEFINITION, the recommended approach when applicable.

hierarchy_definition := HIERARCHYDEFINITION = string_literal

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JSON string containing the complete hierarchy definition.

Description: The CREATE COLUMN VIEW statement is used to create a column view. TYPE clause can be omitted and default type is JOIN_INDEX. SQL expression and PARAMETERS cannot be defined together. SQL expression only, or PARAMETERS only, is allowed. A column view can be created when the kernel has metadata information about all physical indexes of the column view. Creating a column view referencing row tables, row views or other column views is not allowed. SQL Join with column views is allowed. When a PARAMETERS clause is defined, Column list can't be defined. Object names of view attributes will be field names. At least one viewAttribute must be defined. If there is a conflict between TYPE clause and indexType parameter, an error will be thrown. When a column table is dropped, all column views referencing the table are dropped at the same time.

Example 1: Creating a simple JOIN view DROP TABLE CUSTOMER; DROP TABLE ORDERS; CREATE CREATE INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT INSERT COLUMN TABLE CUSTOMER ( ID INT PRIMARY KEY, NAME VARCHAR(30) ); COLUMN TABLE ORDERS ( ID INT PRIMARY KEY, CID INT, AMOUNT DECIMAL(10,2) ); INTO CUSTOMER VALUES (1, 'Cust01'); INTO ORDERS VALUES (1, 1, 10); INTO ORDERS VALUES (2, 1, 110); INTO ORDERS VALUES (3, 1, 120); INTO CUSTOMER VALUES (2, 'Cust02'); INTO ORDERS VALUES (4, 2, 110);

CREATE COLUMN VIEW CUSTORDERS TYPE JOIN WITH PARAMETERS ( joinIndex=CUSTOMER,joinIndexType=0, joinIndex=ORDERS,joinIndexType=0, joinCondition=('JC01', CUSTOMER, ID, ORDERS, CID, '', 0, 0), joinPath=('JP01', 'JC01'), view=('V_CUSTORDERS', CUSTOMER), defaultView='V_CUSTORDERS', viewAttribute=('NAME', CUSTOMER, NAME, 'JP01', 'default', 'attribute'), viewAttribute=('AMOUNT', ORDERS, AMOUNT, 'JP01', 'default', 'attribute'), constraint=('CONSTR1', 0, '', CUSTOMER, ID, 'eq', '$$CID$$'), optimizemetamodel=1 ); SELECT * FROM CUSTORDERS WITH PARAMETERS ('PLACEHOLDER' = ('$$CID$$' , '1'));

Example 3: Creating a calculation view

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// The view references node "myNode" of the specified calculation scenario "myPackage"."myScenario"} CREATE COLUMN VIEW calculationView TYPE CALCULATION WITH PARAMETERS ( ['PARENTCALCINDEXPACKAGE =myPackage',] 'PARENTCALCINDEX'='myScenario', 'PARENTCALCNODE'='myNode')

Example 4: Creating a hierarchy view CREATE COLUMN VIEW h17$hli TYPE hierarchy WITH PARAMETERS ( hierarchyDefinitionType' = 'JSON', hierarchyDefinition = '{"sourceType":"recursive", "sourceQuery":"SELECT pred,succ FROM h17$hli", "rootNode":-1}');

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SQL Syntax: CREATE [BTREE | CPBTREE] INDEX index_name ON table_name ( column_name, ... ) [ ASC | DESC ] Parameters: BTREE | CPBTREE Used to select the kind of index to use. When column data types are character string types, binary string types, decimal types, or when the constraint is a composite key, or a non-unique constraint, the default index type is CPBTREE; otherwise, BTREE is used. If neither BTREE nor CPBTREE keyword is specified, then SAP HANA Database chooses the appropriate index type. ASC | DESC Specifies whether the index should be created in ascending or descending order. These keywords can be only used in the btree index. Description: The CREATE INDEX statement creates an index. Example: CREATE INDEX idx ON A ( B );

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SQL Syntax: CREATE ROLE role_name Description: A role is a named collection of privileges. If you want to allow several database users to perform the same actions, you can create a role, grant the needed privileges to this role, and grant the role to the different database users. The default role is PUBLIC, every database user has been granted this role implicitly. Users who have system privilege ROLE ADMIN can CREATE, or DROP roles. Example: CREATE ROLE my_role;

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SQL Syntax: CREATE SCHEMA schema_name [OWNED BY] name Parameters: OWNED BY Specifies the name of the schema owner. Description: The CREATE SCHEMA statement creates a schema in the current database. Example: CREATE SCHEMA my_schema OWNED BY system;

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CREATE SEQUENCE
SQL Syntax: CREATE SEQUENCE sequence_name [ <sequence_parameter_list> ] [RESET BY <subquery>] Parameters: sequence_parameter_list ::= sequence_parameter, ... sequence_parameter ::= INCREMENT BY integer | START WITH integer | MAXVALUE integer | NOMAXVALUE | MINVALUE integer | NOMINVALUE | CYCLE | NOCYCLE INCREMENT BY

Defines the amount the next sequence value is incremented from the last value assigned. The default is 1. Specify a negative value to generate a descending sequence. An error is returned if the INCREMENT BY value is 0
START WITH

Defines the starting sequence value. If you do not specify a value for the START WITH clause, MINVALUE is used for ascending sequences and MAXVALUE is used for descending sequences.
MAXVALUE

Defines the largest value generated by the sequence and must be between 0 and (2^63)-1 = 9223372036854775807.
NOMAXVALUE When MAXVALUE is not specified, the maximum value for an ascending sequence is the maximum value for a descending sequences is -1.

(2^63)-1 and

MINVALUE The minimum value of a sequence can be specified after MINVALUE and is between 0 and 4611686018427387903. NOMINVALUE When MINVALUE is not specified, the minimum value for an ascending sequence is 1 and the minimum value for a descending is -4611686018427387903. CYCLE The sequence number will be reused after it reaches its maximum or minimum value. NOCYCLE Default option. The sequence number will not be reused after it reaches its maximum or minimum value.

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Description: The CREATE SEQUENCE statement is used to create a sequence. A sequence is used to generate unique integers. CURRVAL is used to get the current value of the sequence and NEXTVAL is used to get the next value of the sequence. Example 1: sequence_name.CURRVAL sequence_name.NEXTVAL

During the rebooting of the database, database automatically executes the RESET BY statement and returns the result to assign the sequence value. Therefore, no additional effort is needed to manage a sequence. Example 2: If the sequence s is used to create a unique key on column A in the table R, then after a database is restarted, a UNIQUE key value can be created by automatically assigning the maximum value of column A to the sequence value using a RESET BY statement as follows: CREATE SEQUENCE s RESET BY SELECT IFNULL(MAX(a), 0) + 1 FROM r;

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SQL Syntax: CREATE [PUBLIC] SYNONYM synonym_name FOR name Description: The CREATE SYNONYM creates an alternate name for a table, view, or sequence. You can use a synonym to re-point functions and stored procedures to differing tables, views or sequences without needing to re-write the function or stored procedure. Specify PUBLIC to create a public synonym. Example: CREATE SYNONYM a_synonym FOR a;

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SQL Syntax: CREATE [ <table_type> ] TABLE table_name <table_contents_source> [ WITH PARAMETERS ( <parameter_key_value>, ... ) ] Parameters: table_type: table_type::= COLUMN | ROW | GLOBAL TEMPORARY COLUMN | LOCAL TEMPORARY COLUMN ROW, COLUMN If the majority of access is through a large number of tuples but with only a few selected attributes, COLUMN-based storage should be used. If the majority of access involves selecting a few records with all attributes selected, ROW-based storage is preferable. The HDB uses a combination to enable storage and interpretation in both forms. You can define the type of organization for each table. The default value is ROW. GLOBAL TEMPORARY COLUMN Table definition is globally available while data is visible only to the current session. The table is truncated at the end of the session. LOCAL TEMPORARY COLUMN The table definition and data is visible only to the current session. The table is truncated at the end of the session. table_contents_source: table_contents_source ::= ( <table_element>, )|[ (column_name, ...) ] <as_table_subquery> [ WITH [NO] DATA ] ] table_element ::=column_definition column_constraint | table_constraint ( column_name, ... ) column_definition ::= column_name data type [<column store data type>] [<ddic data type>] [DEFAULT default_value] [GENERATED ALWAYS AS <expression> ] DEFAULT Default specifies a value to be assigned to the column if an INSERT statement does not provide a value for the column. DATA TYPE in column definition Available column store data types are CS_ALPHANUM, CS_UNITEDECFLOAT, CS_TEXT, CS_DATE, CS_TIME, CS_FIXEDSTRING. Available DDIC data types are ABAP_CHAR, ABAP_DATE, ABAP_DECFLOAT16, ABAP_DECFLOAT34, ABAP_FLOAT, ABAP_HEX, ABAP_INT, ABAP_INT1, ABAP_INT2, ABAP_NUM, ABAP_PACKED, ABAP_STRING, ABAP_TIME, ABAP_XSTRING. GENERATED ALWAYS AS Specifies the expression to generate the column value in runtime. column_constraint ::= NULL | NOT NULL | UNIQUE [BTREE | CPBTREE] |PRIMARY KEY [BTREE | CPBTREE]

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NULL | NOT NULL The NOT NULL constraint prohibits a column value from being NULL. If NULL is specified it is not considered a constraint, it represents a column that may contain a null value. The default is NULL. UNIQUE Specifies a column as a unique key. A composite unique key enables the specification of multiple columns as a unique key. With a unique constraint, multiple rows cannot have the same value in the same column. PRIMARY KEY A primary key constraint is a combination of a NOT NULL constraint and a UNIQUE constraint. It prohibits multiple rows from having the same value in the same column. BTREE | CPBTREE Specifies the index type. When column data types are character string types, binary string types, decimal types, or when the constraint is a composite key, or non-unique constraint, the default index type is CPBTREE. Otherwise, BTREE is used. BTREE keyword has to be used in order to use B+-tree index and the CPBTREE keyword has to be used for the CPB+-tree index. If the index type is omitted, the HDB chooses the appropriate index considering the column data types. table_constraint ::=UNIQUE [BTREE | CPBTREE] | PRIMARY KEY [BTREE | CPBTREE] This defines a table constraint which can be used on one or more columns of a table. There are two kinds of a table constraint. They are: UNIQUE Specifies a uniqueness constraint for a column. This prevents multiple rows from having the same values in the same column list. PRIMARY KEY A primary key constraint is a combination of the NOT NULL and UNIQUE constraints. It creates a unique column that can be always be used to locate rows uniquely within a table. BTREE | CPBTREE Specifies the index type. When column data types are character string types, binary string types, decimal types, or when the constraint is a composite key, or non-unique constraint, the default index type is CPBTREE, BTREE is used in all other cases. BTREE keyword has to be used in order to use the B+-tree index and the CPBTREE keyword has to be used for the CPB+-tree index. If the index type is omitted, the HDB chooses the appropriate index considering the column data types. as_table_subquery ::=AS TABLE as_table_name | AS ( <select_query>)

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Creates a table and fills it with the data from as_table_name or computed by the <select_query>. Only NOT NULL constraints are copied by this clause. If column_names are specified, specified column_names override the column names from as_table_name or select_query. WITH [NO] DATA Specifies whether the data is copied from as_table_name or <select_query>. The default value is WITH DATA. parameter_key_value ::= <string_literal> = <string_literal> | <identifier> = <string_literal> | <string_literal> = (<string_literal>, ... ) Options that can be used only for column store tables can be passed in using "WITH PARAMETERS" clause. Parameter keys and string values can be any string constant. Duplicate keys are allowed. Keys are automatically mapped into their upper-case form.

parameter_key_value 'AUTO_MERGE' = 'ON' | 'OFF' Default=ON Automatic delta merge triggered by memwatcher. 'SESSION_TYPE' = 'SIMPLE' | 'HISTORY' Default = 'SIMPLE' Creates a table with a particular transaction session type. Tables with session type HISTORY support time travel. 'COMPRESSION' = ('column_name', 'compression_type'): Sets the compression for the specified column. ('compression_type' = 'PREFIXED' | 'SPARSE' | 'CLUSTERED' | 'INDIRECT' | 'RLE') 'INDEX' = ('column_name', 'index_type') Sets the inverted index for the specified column. ('index_type' 'FULL' | 'SIGNATURE') 'FAST_PREPROCESS' = 'ON' | 'OFF' Turns fast preprocessing on or off. This feature is used for column tables that have attributes that should support text-search on attribute of type 'AETEXT'. 'LOCATION' = 'host:port' Specifies the target node for table creation with host:port. If not provided, the table will be automatically assigned to one node. This option can be used for both row store and column store tables in a distributed environment. 'PARTITION_SPEC' = 'partition spec', For example 'HASH 2 a, b' where 2 is the number of parts to create and 'a' and 'b' are the columns that are used to create that hash value for each row. 'TREX_FLAGS' = ('column_name','flags'), Flags are the implementation flags, integer value is currently between 0 and 67108864. Description: The CREATE TABLE statement creates a table. Tables are created without data except when as_table_subquery is used with the WITH DATA option.

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Example: CREATE TABLE A ( A INT PRIMARY KEY, B INT);

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SQL Syntax: CREATE TYPE type_name AS TABLE ( <table_element>, ... ) Parameters: table_element ::=column_definition column_constraint | table_constraint ( column_name, ... ) Description: The CREATE TYPE statement creates a user-defined type. A user can create tables that have the same specifications as a user-defined table type. Example: CREATE TYPE my_type AS TABLE ( column_a DOUBLE );

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SQL Syntax: CREATE USER user_name IDENTIFIED BY password CREATE USER user_name IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY AS [external_identity] Parameters: password ::= In the HDB there are two kinds of users, internally and externally authenticated users. Internally authenticated users are authenticated using a user name and a password. The password for a user has to be changed regularly. external_identity ::= External users are authenticated using an external system, e.g. a Kerberos system. Such users do not have a password. For detailed information about external identities, contact your domain administrator. Description: The CREATE USER statement creates a new database user. The specified user name must not be identical to the name of an existing user, role, or schema. Password must follow the rules defined for the current database. The password rules include the minimal password length and the definition which of the character types ( lower, upper, digit, special characters ) that have to be part of the password. Example: CREATE USER my_user IDENTIFIED BY Aa123456;

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SQL Syntax: CREATE VIEW view_name [ ( column_name, ... ) ] AS <subquery> Description: The CREATE VIEW statement effectively creates virtual table based on the results of an SQL statement. It is not a table in a real sense as it does not contain data in itself. When a column name is specified along with the view name, a query result is displayed with that column name. If a column name is omitted, a query result gives an appropriate name to the column automatically. The number of column names has to be the same as the number of columns returned from select_statement. In the HDB a view cannot be updated. Example: CREATE VIEW v_name AS SELECT * FROM a;

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SQL Syntax: DELETE FROM table_name [ WHERE <predicate> ] Description: The DELETE statement deletes records from a table where the predicates are met. If the WHERE clause is omitted, then it removes all records from a table. Example: DELETE FROM table_a WHERE a = 1;

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SQL Syntax: DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE Default = CASCADE Cascaded drop drops the calculation scenario and dependent column views of type calculation. Non-cascaded drop behavior prevents dropping the scenario if there are any column views of type calculation referencing the scenario. Description: The DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO statement deletes a calculation scenario. Example: DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO SYSTEM.DEMO_PROJECTION_OP CASCADE;

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SQL Syntax: DROP INDEX index_name Description: The DROP INDEX statement removes an index. Example: DROP INDEX idx ;

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SQL Syntax: DROP ROLE role_name Description: Users with system privilege ROLE ADMIN can DROP roles. If a role was granted to a user, it is revoked when the role is dropped. Revoking a role may lead to making some views inaccessible. This will occur if a view, or procedures using those views, depends on any privilege that the role has. Example: DROP ROLE my_role;

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DROP SCHEMA
SQL Syntax: DROP SCHEMA schema_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Restrict drop behavior will drop the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error will be thrown. Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. Non-Cascaded drop option is not supported for dropping SCHEMA. Description: The DROP SCHEMA statement removes a schema. Example: DROP SCHEMA my_schema;

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SQL Syntax: DROP SEQUENCE sequence_name [ <drop_option > ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. When CASCADE option is not specified, noncascaded drop behavior drops the object and does not drop the dependent objects, but invalidates the dependent objects (VIEW, PROCEDURE). The invalidated object can be revalidated when an object that has same schema and object name is created. Object ID, schema name, and object name pair is reserved for revalidating dependent objects. Restrict drop behavior will drop the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error will be thrown. Description: The DROP SEQUENCE statement removes a sequence. Example: DROP SEQUENCE s;

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SQL Syntax: DROP SYNONYM synonym_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. When CASCADE option is not specified, noncascaded drop behavior drops the object and does not drop the dependent objects, but invalidates the dependent objects (VIEW, PROCEDURE). The invalidated object can be revalidated when an object that has same schema and object name is created. Object ID, schema name, and object name pair will be reserved for revalidating dependent objects. Restrict drop behavior will drop the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error will be thrown. Description: The DROP SYNONYM statement removes a synonym. Example: DROP SYNONYM a_synonym;

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SQL Syntax: DROP TABLE table_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. When CASCADE option is not specified, noncascaded drop behavior drops the object and does not drop the dependent objects, but invalidates the dependent objects (VIEW, PROCEDURE). The invalidated object can be revalidated when an object that has the same schema and object name is created. The object ID, schema name, and object name pair will be reserved for revalidating dependent objects. Restrict drop behavior drops the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error is thrown. Description: The DROP TABLE statement deletes a table. Example: DROP TABLE A;

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SQL Syntax: DROP TYPE type_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. When CASCADE option is not specified, noncascaded drop behavior drops the object and does not drop the dependent objects, but invalidates the dependent objects (VIEW, PROCEDURE). When a table type is dropped with non-cascaded drop option, the dependent SQLScript procedure will be invalidated but will not be dropped. When the underlying object of SQLScript procedure is recreated, the validity of the procedure is checked again and revalidated. Restrict drop behavior will drop the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error will be thrown. Description: The DROP TYPE statement removes a user-defined table type. Example: DROP TYPE my_type;

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SQL Syntax: DROP TABLE table_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. When CASCADE option is not specified, noncascaded drop behavior drops the object and does not drop the dependent objects, but invalidates the dependent objects (VIEW, PROCEDURE). The invalidated object can be revalidated when an object that has the same schema and object name is created. The object ID, schema name, and object name pair will be reserved for revalidating dependent objects. Restrict drop behavior drops the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error is thrown. Description: The DROP TABLE statement deletes a table. Example: DROP TABLE A;

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SQL Syntax: DROP USER user_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameters: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT If CASCADE is specified (or used as the default), all schemas, synonyms and tables of the user are dropped, including indexes, privileges, view tables and everything based on these objects, is also deleted along with the user. If RESTRICT is specified, and the user to be dropped is the owner of synonyms or tables, then the DROP USER statement will fail. Description: The DROP USER statement deletes a database user. The schema with the user's name and the schemas belonging to the user, together with all objects in them (even if they are created by different users), are deleted. Objects owned by the user, even if they are part of another schema, are deleted. Objects that are dependent on deleted objects are deleted. Privileges on these deleted objects are also deleted. It is possible to delete a user even if a there is a current user session existing.

Example: DROP USER my_user;

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SQL Syntax: DROP VIEW view_name [ <drop_option> ] Parameter: drop_option ::= CASCADE | RESTRICT Default = RESTRICT Cascaded drop drops the object and dependent objects. When CASCADE option is not specified, noncascaded drop behavior drops the object and does not drop the dependent objects, but invalidates the dependent objects (VIEW, PROCEDURE). The invalidated object can be revalidated when an object that has same schema and object name is created. Object ID, schema name, and object name pair will be reserved for revalidating dependent objects. Restrict drop behavior will drop the object when there is no dependent object. If there is a dependent object, an error will be thrown. Description: The DROP VIEW statement removes a view. Example: DROP VIEW v_name;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual RENAME INDEX

SQL Syntax: RENAME INDEX old_index_name TO new_index_name Description: The RENAME INDEX statement changes the name of an index. Example: RENAME INDEX idx TO new_idx;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual GRANT

SQL Syntax: GRANT <system_privilege>,... TO <grantee> [WITH ADMIN OPTION] | GRANT <schema_privilege>,... ON SCHEMA schema_name TO <grantee> [WITH GRANT OPTION] | GRANT <object_privilege>,... ON object_name TO <grantee> [WITH GRANT OPTION] | GRANT role_name,... TO <grantee> [WITH ADMIN OPTION] | GRANT STRUCTURED PRIVILEGE privilege_name TO <grantee> Parameters: system_privilege ::= AUDIT ADMIN | BACKUP ADMIN | CATALOG READ | CHECKPOINT ADMIN | CHECKPOINT EXEC | CREATE SCENARIO | CREATE SCHEMA | CREATE STRUCTURED PRIVILEGE | DATA ADMIN | EXPORT | IMPORT | INIFILE ADMIN | LOGFLUSH ADMIN | MONITOR ADMIN | OPTIMIZER ADMIN | RESOURCE ADMIN | ROLE ADMIN | SCENARIO ADMIN | SERVICE ADMIN | SESSION ADMIN | TENANT ADMIN | TRACE ADMIN | USER ADMIN | VERSION ADMIN schema_privilege ::= CREATE ANY | DELETE | DROP | EXECUTE | INDEX | INSERT | SELECT | UPDATE object_privilege ::= ALL PRIVILEGES | ALTER | DELETE | DROP | EXECUTE | INDEX | INSERT | SELECT |UPDATE grantee :: = user_name | role_name Description: GRANT is used to grant privileges to users and roles. GRANT is also used to grant roles to users. A number of privileges are available to control the authorization of SQL commands in the HDB. Best practice dictates that database authorizations should follow the least-privileged principle i.e. users should be given only the smallest set of privileges that they require for their work. This document gives a complete overview of the privileges supported at the SQL level so that they can be assigned appropriately to database users during application development. The SQL privileges can be divided into system and object privileges: System privileges: These are system-wide privileges and control some general system activities such as creating schemas, creating or changing users and roles. Object privileges: These privileges are bound to an object and control activities which are possible on this particular object, such as select/update/delete on database tables. The following information describes all supported privileges in the two groups, together with the list of the SQL commands they authorize. System Privileges User and Roles USER ADMIN: This privilege authorizes the creation/changing of users via the SQL commands CREATE USER, ALTER USER, and DROP USER. ROLE ADMIN: This privilege authorizes the creation and deletion of roles via the SQL commands CREATE ROLE and DROP ROLE. Catalog/Schema Management CREATE SCHEMA: This privilege authorizes the creation of database schemas via the SQL command CREATE SCHEMA.

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DATA ADMIN: This is a very powerful privilege as it authorizes users a) to perform SELECT on all catalog tables and views (in the SYS schema) and b) to execute ALL DDLs (and only DDLs) commands in the HDB, in particular: o For schemas: CREATE SCHEMA, DROP SCHEMA, o For tables: CREATE (COLUMN) TABLE, DROP TABLE, ALTER TABLE, o For views: CREATE (COLUMN) VIEW, DROP VIEW, ALTER VIEW, o For indexes: CREATE INDEX, ALTER INDEX, DROP INDEX, o For sequences: CREATE SEQUENCE, DROP SEQUENCE, o For synonyms: CREATE SYNONYM, DROP SYNONYM, o For table types: CREATE TABLE TYPE, DROP TABLE TYPE, o For functions: CREATE FUNCTION, DROP FUNCTION, o For procedures: CREATE PROCEDURE, DROP PROCEDURE. CATALOG READ: This privilege authorizes users to perform SELECT on all catalog tables and views (in the SYS schema)

Analytics CREATE SCENARIO: This privilege controls the creation of calculation scenarios and cubes (CalcEngine) via the following SQL commands: o ADD SCENARIO, o CREATE CALCULATION SCENARIO. SCENARIO ADMIN: This privilege authorizes all calculation scenario-related activities (including creation), which can be performed using the following SQL commands: o ADD SCENARIO, FLATTEN SCENARIO o CREATE CALCULATION SCENARIO, DROP CALCULATION SCENARIO CREATE STRUCTURED PRIVILEGE: This privilege authorizes the creation of structured privileges (analytical privileges) via the SQL command ADD STRUCTURED PRIVILEGE. Note that currently, only the owner of an analytical privilege can drop it. Therefore, there is no additional privilege for dropping structured privileges. ADMIN: This privilege controls the execution of auditing-related SQL commands: CREATE AUDIT POLICY DROP AUDIT POLICY ALTER AUDIT POLICY

Auditing AUDIT o o o

System Management These privileges authorize the various system activities. Due to the potentially high level of impact on the system, these privileges are not relevant to a normal database user and should only be granted with care (for example, only to a support user/role.) Data Import and Export Two system privileges are available for authorization of the data import/export in the database: IMPORT: This privilege authorizes the import activity in the database via the commands IMPORT or LOAD TABLE. Note that beside this privilege, the user still needs the INSERT privilege on the target tables to be imported. EXPORT: This privilege authorizes the export activity in the database via the commands EXPORT or LOAD TABLE. Note that beside this privilege, the user still needs the INSERT privilege on the source tables to be exported Object Privileges Object privileges are bound to objects they provide authorization for. The following table lists the different object privileges supported by SAP HANA Database and the object types for which the privileges can be employed (OK: applicable, -: not applicable, ?: dynamically evaluated - see Notes):

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Table 18: Object privileges supported by SAP HANA Database

Privilege CREATE ANY ALL PRIVILEGES DROP ALTER SELECT INSERT UPDATE DELETE INDEX EXECUTE Sche Table View Table Type ma OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK Sequence Synonym OK OK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Function/Procedure OK OK OK

CREATE ANY: This privilege allows the creation of all kinds of objects, in particular tables, views, sequences, synonyms, SQL Script functions, or DB procedures in a schema. Obviously, this privilege can only be granted on a schema. ALL PRIVILEGES: This is actually a collection of all privileges, which a) the grantor currently has and is allowed to grant further, and b) can be granted on this particular object. This collection is dynamically evaluated for the given grantor and object. ALL PRIVILEGES is not applicable to a schema, but only a table, view, or table type. DROP and ALTER are DDL privileges and authorize the DROP and ALTER SQL commands. While the DROP privilege is valid for all kinds of objects, the ALTER privilege is not valid for sequences and synonyms as their definitions cannot be changed after creation. INDEX is a special DDL privilege and authorizes the creation/changing/dropping of indexes for an object via the commands CREATE INDEX, DROP INDEX, and ALTER INDEX. This privilege can only be applied to schema, table, and table type. SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE are DML privileges and authorize respective SQL commands. While SELECT is valid for all kinds of objects, except for functions/procedures, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE are valid for schemas, tables, and table types only. EXECUTE is a special DML privilege and authorizes the execution of a SQL Script function or a DB procedure via the commands CALL.

Notes: All privileges are valid for schemas in the sense that they authorize applicable activities on the objects created in this schema. Synonyms can be created for tables, views, sequences, and database procedures, but not for schemas and SQL Script functions. The privileges which can be granted and revoked on a synonym will be determined by the actual object the synonym stands for.

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual INSERT

SQL Syntax: INSERT INTO table_name [ ( column_name, ... ) ] { VALUES (expr, ... ) | <subquery> } [WITH PARAMETERS ( <parameter_key_value>, ... ) ] Parameters: parameter_key_value::= <string_literal> = <string_literal> | <identifier> = <string_literal> | <string_literal> = (<string_literal>, ... ) Description: The INSERT statement adds records to a table. A subquery that returns records can be used to insert records into the table. If the subquery does not return any records, then the database will not insert any records into the table. The column list can be specified with the INSERT statement. If the column list is omitted, the database inserts all columns in the table. Example: CREATE TABLE table_a (A INT); INSERT INTO table_a VALUES (1);

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual LOAD

SQL Syntax: LOAD table_name { DELTA | ALL | column_name, } Description: The LOAD statement loads the column store table data to memory. DELTA - DELTA part of the column store table is loaded into memory. Since the column store is read optimized and compressed, deltas are introduced to optimize insert or updates. All insertions are passed to a delta. ALL ALL data of the column store table in main and delta is loaded into memory. column_name, Columns specified in the column list are loaded into memory. Example: LOAD a_table all;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual MERGE DELTA

SQL Syntax: MERGE [HISTORY] DELTA OF table_name [PART int_const] [WITH PARAMETERS ( <parameter_key_value>, ) ]

WITH PARAMETERS (parameter_key_value): Column store-specific options can be passed in using the "WITH PARAMETERS" clause. Keys and single values can be any string constant Duplicate keys are allowed Keys are automatically mapped into their uppercase representation parameter_key_value ::= <string_literal> = <string_literal> | <identifier> = <string_literal> | <string_literal> = (<string_literal>, ... ) Current parameters 'SMART_MERGE' = 'ON' | 'OFF' When SMART_MERGE is ON, the database does a smart merge, this means database decides whether to merge or not based on merge criteria specified in automerge section of indexserver configuration PASSPORT=<string> Merge request call tag to identify the request in related traces MEMORY_MERGE=ON|OFF Database merges delta index in memory only, it will not be persisted.

Description The MERGE DELTA statement merges deltas to a main column store table. Since column stores are read optimized and compressed, deltas are introduced to optimize insert or updates. For this to function, insertions are passed stored in a delta to the original table data. The MERGE DELTA command can then be used to merge the delta changes back into the main table store. HISTORY Can be specified to merge history deltas into the history main on column store history tables. PART Can be specified to merge a delta of a partition to main column table. Example: MERGE DELTA OF A; MERGE DELTA OF A PART 1; MERGE HISTORY DELTA OF A; MERGE HISTORY DELTA OF A PART 1;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual RENAME COLUMN

SQL Syntax: RENAME COLUMN table_name.old_column_name TO new_column_name Description: The RENAME COLUMN statement changes the name of a column. Example: CREATE TABLE B (A INT PRIMARY KEY, B INT); RENAME COLUMN B.A TO C;

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SQL Syntax: RENAME INDEX old_index_name TO new_index_name Description: The RENAME INDEX statement changes the name of an index. Example: RENAME INDEX idx TO new_idx;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual RENAME TABLE

SQL Syntax: RENAME TABLE old_table_name TO new_table_name Description: The RENAME TABLE statement changes the name of a table to new_table_name in the same schema. Example: RENAME TABLE A TO B; RENAME TABLE mySchema.A TO B;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual REVOKE

SQL Syntax: REVOKE <system_privilege>,... FROM <grantee> | REVOKE <schema_privilege>,... ON SCHEMA schema_name FROM <grantee> | REVOKE <object_privilege>,... ON object_name FROM <grantee> | REVOKE <column_privilege>,... ( column_name,... ) ON object_name FROM <grantee> | REVOKE role_name,... FROM <grantee> | REVOKE STRUCTURED PRIVILEGE structured_privilege_name FROM <grantee> system_privilege ::= CREATE SCHEMA | DATA ADMIN | ROLE ADMIN | USER ADMIN | BACKUP ADMIN | CHECKPOINT ADMIN | CHECKPOINT EXEC | CREATE SCENARIO | CREATE STRUCTURED PRIVILEGE | INIFILE ADMIN | LOGFLUSH ADMIN | MONITOR ADMIN | OPTIMIZER ADMIN | RESOURCE ADMIN | SESSION ADMIN |SERVICE ADMIN | TENANT ADMIN | TRACE ADMIN | VERSION ADMIN | INDEX | ALTER schema_privilege ::= CREATE ANY | DELETE | DROP | EXECUTE | INSERT | SELECT | UPDATE object_privilege ::= ALL PRIVILEGES | ALTER | DELETE | DROP | EXECUTE | INDEX | INSERT | SELECT | UPDATE column_privilege ::= INSERT | SELECT | UPDATE grantee :: = user_name | role_name Description: The REVOKE statement revokes the specified privileges or roles for the specified objects from the specified users or roles. Revoking may cause views, procedures to become inaccessible.

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual SELECT

SQL Syntax: <subquery> [ <order_by_clause>] [ <limit_clause> ] [ <for_update_clause> ] subquery ::= <select_clause> <from_clause > [<where_clause> ] [<group_by_clause> ] [<having_clause> ] { <set_operator subquery>, } select_clause ::= SELECT [ TOP expr ] [ ALL | DISTINCT ] < select_columns > select_columns::= {<select_item>, } select_item ::= [ [schema_name.] table_name.]* | expr [ AS ] column_alias from_clause ::= FROM <table>, table::= table_name [ [AS] table_alias ] | <subquery> [ [AS] table_alias ] | <joined_table> joined_table ::= <table> [ <join_type> ] JOIN <table>ON <predicate> | <table> CROSS JOIN <table> | <joined_table> join_type ::=INNER | {LEFT | RIGHT | FULL OUTER} where_clause ::=WHERE <predicate> group_by_clause ::=GROUP BY <group_by_item_list> group_by_item_list ::= GROUPING SETS [BEST n] [LIMIT n][OFFSET n] [WITH SUBTOTAL] [WITH BALANCE] [WITH TOTAL] [TEXT_FILTER <filterspec> [FILL UP [SORT MATCHES TO TOP]]] [STRUCTURED RESULT [WITH OVERVIEW] [PREFIX value] | MULTIPLE RESULTSET] ( <group_by_expression_list> ) having_clause ::=HAVING <predicate> set_operator ::= UNION [ALL] | INTERSECT | EXCEPT order_by_clause ::=ORDER BY {{ expr | position } [ASC | DESC] }, ... limit_clause ::=LIMIT expr [OFFSET expr] for_update_clause ::= FOR UPDATE [OF column_name, ]

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Description: select_clause ::= SELECT [ TOP expr ] [ ALL | DISTINCT ] < select_columns > select_columns::= { <select_item> , } select_item ::= [ [schema_name.] table_name.]* | expr [ AS ] column_alias The SELECT statement retrieves data from one or more tables in the database. TOP Returns the fist expr records from the SQL statement. DISTINCT, ALL DISTINCT returns only one instance per duplicated row in the selected rows. ALL (the default) will return all rows selected including duplicates. select_columns With select columns you can specify exactly which columns you wish to return * [asterisk] selects all columns the from all tables or views listed in the FROM clause column_alias, table_alias Using an alias you can rename an existing column or table name. from_clause ::= FROM <table>, table ::= table_name [ [AS] table_alias ] | <subquery> [ [AS] table_alias ] | <joined_table> joined_table ::= <table> [ <join_type> ] JOIN <table> ON <predicate> | <table> CROSS JOIN <table> | <joined_table> join_type::=INNER | {LEFT | RIGHT | FULL} OUTER The join_type specifies the type of join to be created. RIGHT indicates a right outer join, LEFT indicates a left outer join, and FULL indicates a full outer join. The OUTER keyword may or may not be used when an outer join is being performed. ON predicate The ON clause specifies a join predicate. CROSS JOIN You can use a CROSS JOIN to combine rows from each of the tables in the join as a Cartesian product. where_clause ::=WHERE <predicate> The WHERE predicate is used to specify a predicate on the records to be selected. By using WHERE you can filter the results set and only retrieve required rows.

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having_clause::=HAVING <predicate> You can use the HAVING keyword to select specified groups that satisfy the given predicates. If this keyword is omitted, all groups are selected. order_by_clause ::=ORDER BY {{ expr | position } [ASC | DESC] }, ... The ORDER BY keyword sorts the results of a query. The ORDER BY clause can only sort the records by the field specified in SELECT statement. The ASC keyword sorts the result in ascending order and the DESC keyword sorts the result in descending order. The default value is ASC. set_operator::= UNION [ALL] | INTERSECT | EXCEPT Set operators enable more than one select statement to be combined, but only one result set is returned. UNION ALL Selects all rows from all select statements. UNION Selects all unique rows from all select statements by removing duplicate rows found from different select statements. INTERSECT Returns the rows that exist in all select statements in common. EXCEPT Returns the rows from the first select statements after removing the duplicates in the following select statements. for_update_clause::= FOR UPDATE [OF column_name, ] The FOR UPDATE keyword locks the selected rows so that other users cannot lock or update the rows until end of the current transaction. limit_clause::=LIMIT n1 [OFFSET n2] LIMIT - Returns the first n1 records from the SQL statement. When OFFSET n2 is specified, the database skips that n2 rows before returning the results set. group_by_clause::=GROUP BY <group_by_item_list > group_by_item_list::= GROUPING SETS [BEST n] [<grouping_limit_clause>] [WITH SUBTOTAL] [WITH BALANCE] [WITH TOTAL] [TEXT_FILTER filterspec [FILL UP [SORT MATCHES TO TOP]]] [[STRUCTURED RESULT [WITH OVERVIEW] [PREFIX value]] | MULTIPLE RESULTSETS] ( <group_by_expression_list> ) grouping_limit_clause::= LIMIT expr [OFFSET expr] group_by_expression_list::= { group_by_expression,} The GROUP BY keyword groups the selected rows based on the special value of column. GROUPING SETS - Generates rows with specified multiple groupings of data in one query. The result is the same as UNION ALL of the aggregation of each specified group if grouping_set_structured_option is not set. group_by_expression can contain ORDER BY only when the group_by_expression comes with GROUPING SETS option. BEST n Returns only the top n facets ordered by inverse navigability.

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LIMIT n1 [OFFSET n2] LIMIT in grouping_limit_clause returns the first grouped records from each grouping set. When OFFSET n1 is specified, the database skips n2 rows of grouped records before returning the result sets. STRUCTURED RESULT When this option is set, the aggregation of each specified group is returned as a temporary table. MULTIPLE RESULTSETS The aggregation of each specified group is returned in multiple result sets. ( temporary tables ) WITH SUBTOTAL For each GROUPING SET add a row with the subtotal of the returned results as controlled by OFFSET or LIMIT. WITH BALANCE For each GROUPING SET, add a row with the aggregated value of the remaining values not returned as controlled by OFFSET or LIMIT. WITH TOTAL For each GROUPING SET, add a row with the aggregated total value. TEXT FILTER <filterspec> - Peform text filtering or hightlighting on the dimensional values, filterspec is a string in Lucene syntax. Only matching values will be returned. If BEST is specified, the result tables are sorted by number of matches, then navigability. For each filtered attribute, a text_filter ( dimensional_attribute ) clause must be added to the projection. The filter can only be applied to a dimensional value, which is assumed to be the first field in the grouping set. FILL UP Fill up the matching values from FILTER with non-matching values, up to LIMIT SORT MATCHES TO TOP Sort matching values to top, otherwise retain the normal sorting order. This option cannot be used with SUBTOTAL, BALANCE and TOTAL. WITH OVERVIEW additionally return the overview in a separate table. PREFIX value Specify prefix for the temporary tables, must start with #. Default value is #GN. The projection clause must include all key figures and facets or view attributes used in the GROUPING SETS specification including text_filter attribute fields. GROUPING_ID returns a separate column which allows to identify which grouping set each row belongs to. Return Format If no optional parameters are specified the unioned result of all grouping sets is returned, with NULL values filling up attributes which are not included in a specific grouping set (see Example below). With the keyword STRUCTURED RESULT, temporary tables are created that can be queried using SELECT * FROM <tablename> in the same session. The name of the tables follows the form :o <PREFIX>0 (this table will contain the overview if WITH OVERVIEW is specified) o <PREFIX>1..n n-th grouping set (subject to re-ordering by the BEST parameter) In addition to the columns for facets and keyfigures an additional column is returned when text_filter is specified. This column contains the value of the column when the column matches the filter criteria, NULL otherwise. Example: SELECT column_name FROM table_name;

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SELECT brand_name, store_name, promotion_name, sum(unit_sales), grouping_id(brand_name, store_name, promotion_name) as gid FROM foodmart GROUP BY GROUPING SETS LIMIT 5 (brand_name, store_name, promotion_name);

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual SET TRANSACTION

SQL Syntax: SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL <isolation_level> Parameters: isolation_level ::=READ COMMITTED| REPEATABLE READ| SERIALIZABLE READ COMMITTED Default. This isolation level corresponds to the statement level read consistency. With statement level snapshot isolation, multiple statements in a transaction may see different snapshots of the system. The statement in a transaction sees a consistent snapshot of the system. Each statement sees the changes that were committed when the execution of the statement started. Reading a row does not set any locks. When rows are inserted, updated or deleted, the system sets exclusive locks on the affected rows for the duration of the transaction. The system releases these locks at the end of the transaction. When rows are inserted, updated or deleted, the system also sets shared locks on the affected tables for the duration of the transaction. This guarantees that the table is not dropped or altered while some rows of the table are being updated. REPEATABLE READ/ SERIALIZABLE This isolation level corresponds to transaction level snapshot isolation. All statements of a transaction see the same snapshot of the database. This snapshot contains all changes that were committed at the time the transaction started with the changes made by the transaction itself. Reading a row does not set any locks. When rows are inserted, updated or deleted, the system sets exclusive locks on the affected rows for the duration of the transaction. The system releases these locks at the end of the transaction. When rows are inserted, updated or deleted, the system also sets shared locks on the affected tables for the duration of the transaction. This guarantees that the table is not dropped or altered while some rows of the table are being updated. Description: The system uses multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) to ensure consistent read operations. Concurrent read operations see a consistent view of the system without blocking concurrent write operations. Updates are implemented not by overwriting existing records, but by inserting new versions. The isolation level specification determines the lock operation type. The system supports both statement level snapshot isolation and transaction level snapshot isolation. For statement snapshot isolation use level READ COMMITTED. For transaction snapshot isolation use REPEATABLE READ or SERIALIZABLE. DDL statements always run in READ COMMITTED isolation level.

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual UNLOAD

SQL Syntax: UNLOAD table_name Description The UNLOAD statement unloads the column store table data from memory to disk. Example: UNLOAD a_table;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual UPDATE

SQL Syntax: UPDATE table_name [ [ AS ] name ] <set_clause> [WHERE <predicate>] [ WITH PARAMETERS ( <parameter_key_value>, ) ] Parameters: set_clause::= SET { column_name = expr} , parameter_key_value::= <string_literal> = <string_literal> | <identifier> = <string_literal> | <string_literal> = (<string_literal>, ... ) Description: The UPDATE statement changes the values of the records of a table where the predicate is met. If the WHERE clause predicate is true, the result of expr is assigned to that column. If the WHERE clause is omitted, then it updates all records of a table. Example: UPDATE table_a SET a = 2 WHERE a = 1;

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SAP In-Memory Database SQL Reference Manual UPSERT / REPLACE

SQL Syntax: UPSERT table_name [ ( column_name, ... ) ] { <values_list_clause> | <subquery> } REPLACE table_name [ ( column_name, ... ) ] { <values_list_clause> | <subquery> } values_list_clause ::= VALUES ( expr, ... ) [ WHERE <predicate> | WITH PRIMARY KEY ] Description: The UPSERT/REPLACE statement without a subquery is similar to the UPDATE statement. The difference between UPSERT/REPLACE and UPDATE is when the WHERE clause predicate is false. In this case a new record is addedto the table like the INSERT statement. In case of a table which has a PRIMARY KEY, the PRIMARY KEY column must be included in the column list. Columns defined with NOT NULL without default specification have to be included in the column list as well. Other columns are filled with default value or NULL if not specified. The UPSERT/REPLACE statement with a subquery works like the INSERT statement, except that if an old row in the table has the same value as a new row for a PRIMARY KEY, then the old row is changed by values of the returned record from a subquery. If the table does not have a PRIMARY KEY, the UPSERT/REPLACE statement becomes equivalent to INSERT because an index is not available to determine if a new row duplicates another. The UPSERT/REPLACE statement used with the 'WITH PRIMARY KEY' parameter has the same effect as an UPSERT/REPLACE statement used with a subquery. Example: CREATE TABLE A (A INT PRIMARY KEY, B INT); UPSERT A VALUES (1, 1); UPSERT A SELECT A + 1, B FROM A;

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