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 |                         <h1 class="title">SELECT</h1> | 
 |                      | 
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 |                     <h3 id="description">Description</h3> | 
 |  | 
 | <p>Spark supports a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SELECT</code> statement and conforms to the ANSI SQL standard. Queries are | 
 | used to retrieve result sets from one or more tables. The following section | 
 | describes the overall query syntax and the sub-sections cover different constructs | 
 | of a query along with examples.</p> | 
 |  | 
 | <h3 id="syntax">Syntax</h3> | 
 |  | 
 | <div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">WITH</span> <span class="n">with_query</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 | <span class="n">select_statement</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="k">UNION</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">INTERSECT</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">EXCEPT</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">ALL</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">DISTINCT</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">select_statement</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">ORDER</span> <span class="k">BY</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="n">expression</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">ASC</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">NULLS</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="k">FIRST</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">LAST</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">SORT</span> <span class="k">BY</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="n">expression</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">ASC</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">NULLS</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="k">FIRST</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">LAST</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">CLUSTER</span> <span class="k">BY</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="n">expression</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">DISTRIBUTE</span> <span class="k">BY</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="n">expression</span> <span class="p">[,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">WINDOW</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="n">named_window</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">WINDOW</span> <span class="n">named_window</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">LIMIT</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="k">ALL</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">expression</span> <span class="err">}</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 | </code></pre></div></div> | 
 |  | 
 | <p>While <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">select_statement</code> is defined as</p> | 
 | <div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">hints</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">ALL</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">DISTINCT</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">named_expression</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">regex_column_names</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">TRANSFORM</span> <span class="p">(...)</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> | 
 |     <span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="err">{</span> <span class="n">from_item</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="err">}</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">PIVOT</span> <span class="n">clause</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">UNPIVOT</span> <span class="n">clause</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">LATERAL</span> <span class="k">VIEW</span> <span class="n">clause</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span>  | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">WHERE</span> <span class="n">boolean_expression</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">GROUP</span> <span class="k">BY</span> <span class="n">expression</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 |     <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">HAVING</span> <span class="n">boolean_expression</span> <span class="p">]</span> | 
 | </code></pre></div></div> | 
 |  | 
 | <h3 id="parameters">Parameters</h3> | 
 |  | 
 | <ul> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>with_query</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies the <a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-cte.html">common table expressions (CTEs)</a> before the main query block. | 
 |   These table expressions are allowed to be referenced later in the FROM clause. This is useful to abstract | 
 |   out repeated subquery blocks in the FROM clause and improves readability of the query.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>hints</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Hints can be specified to help spark optimizer make better planning decisions. Currently spark supports hints | 
 |   that influence selection of join strategies and repartitioning of the data.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>ALL</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Select all matching rows from the relation and is enabled by default.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>DISTINCT</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Select all matching rows from the relation after removing duplicates in results.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>named_expression</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>An expression with an assigned name. In general, it denotes a column expression.</p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">expression [[AS] alias]</code></p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>from_item</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies a source of input for the query. It can be one of the following:</p> | 
 |     <ul> | 
 |       <li>Table relation</li> | 
 |       <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-join.html">Join relation</a></li> | 
 |       <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-pivot.md">Pivot relation</a></li> | 
 |       <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-unpivot.md">Unpivot relation</a></li> | 
 |       <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-tvf.html">Table-value function</a></li> | 
 |       <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-inline-table.html">Inline table</a></li> | 
 |       <li>[ <a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-lateral-subquery.html">LATERAL</a> ] ( Subquery )</li> | 
 |       <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-file.html">File</a></li> | 
 |     </ul> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>PIVOT</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>The <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PIVOT</code> clause is used for data perspective; We can get the aggregated values based on specific column value.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>UNPIVOT</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>The <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">UNPIVOT</code> clause transforms columns into rows. It is the reverse of <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PIVOT</code>, except for aggregation of values.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>LATERAL VIEW</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>The <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">LATERAL VIEW</code> clause is used in conjunction with generator functions such as <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">EXPLODE</code>, which will generate a virtual table containing one or more rows. <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">LATERAL VIEW</code> will apply the rows to each original output row.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>WHERE</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Filters the result of the FROM clause based on the supplied predicates.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>GROUP BY</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies the expressions that are used to group the rows. This is used in conjunction with aggregate functions | 
 |    (MIN, MAX, COUNT, SUM, AVG, etc.) to group rows based on the grouping expressions and aggregate values in each group. | 
 |    When a FILTER clause is attached to an aggregate function, only the matching rows are passed to that function.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>HAVING</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies the predicates by which the rows produced by GROUP BY are filtered. The HAVING clause is used to | 
 |    filter rows after the grouping is performed. If HAVING is specified without GROUP BY, it indicates a GROUP BY | 
 |    without grouping expressions (global aggregate).</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>ORDER BY</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies an ordering of the rows of the complete result set of the query. The output rows are ordered | 
 |    across the partitions. This parameter is mutually exclusive with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SORT BY</code>, | 
 |    <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">CLUSTER BY</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DISTRIBUTE BY</code> and can not be specified together.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>SORT BY</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies an ordering by which the rows are ordered within each partition. This parameter is mutually | 
 |    exclusive with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ORDER BY</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">CLUSTER BY</code> and can not be specified together.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>CLUSTER BY</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies a set of expressions that is used to repartition and sort the rows. Using this clause has | 
 |    the same effect of using <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DISTRIBUTE BY</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SORT BY</code> together.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>DISTRIBUTE BY</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies a set of expressions by which the result rows are repartitioned. This parameter is mutually | 
 |    exclusive with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ORDER BY</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">CLUSTER BY</code> and can not be specified together.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>LIMIT</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies the maximum number of rows that can be returned by a statement or subquery. This clause | 
 |    is mostly used in the conjunction with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ORDER BY</code> to produce a deterministic result.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>boolean_expression</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies any expression that evaluates to a result type <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boolean</code>. Two or | 
 |    more expressions may be combined together using the logical | 
 |    operators ( <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">AND</code>, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">OR</code> ).</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>expression</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies a combination of one or more values, operators, and SQL functions that evaluates to a value.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>named_window</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies aliases for one or more source window specifications. The source window specifications can | 
 |    be referenced in the widow definitions in the query.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>regex_column_names</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>When <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">spark.sql.parser.quotedRegexColumnNames</code> is true, quoted identifiers (using backticks) in <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SELECT</code> | 
 |    statement are interpreted as regular expressions and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SELECT</code> statement can take regex-based column specification. | 
 |    For example, below SQL will only take column <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">c</code>:</p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>   <span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="nv">`(a|b)?+.+`</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="p">(</span> | 
 |      <span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="k">c</span> | 
 |    <span class="p">)</span> | 
 | </code></pre></div>    </div> | 
 |   </li> | 
 |   <li> | 
 |     <p><strong>TRANSFORM</strong></p> | 
 |  | 
 |     <p>Specifies a hive-style transform query specification to transform the input by forking and running user-specified command or script.</p> | 
 |   </li> | 
 | </ul> | 
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 |   <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-orderby.html">ORDER BY Clause</a></li> | 
 |   <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-sortby.html">SORT BY Clause</a></li> | 
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 |   <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-pivot.html">PIVOT Clause</a></li> | 
 |   <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-unpivot.html">UNPIVOT Clause</a></li> | 
 |   <li><a href="sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-lateral-view.html">LATERAL VIEW Clause</a></li> | 
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