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| - | ====== Omnidex SQL Statement: SELECT ====== | ||
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| - | ^See Also:^[[dev:sql:statements:select:from |FROM clause]]^[[dev:sql:statements:select:where | WHERE clause ]]^[[dev:sql:statements:select:group_by | GROUP BY clause]]^[[dev:sql:statements:select:order_by | ORDER BY clause ]]^ | ||
| - | ===== Description ===== | ||
| - | The Omnidex SQL Select statement is the primary statement used to query records on Omnidex enhanced data. | ||
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| - | Omnidex will automatically optimize the SELECT statement using Omnidex indexes. | ||
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| - | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
| - | The syntax for the Omnidex SELECT statement is the following: | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | SELECT | ||
| - | [ < TOP n [ SKIP n ] | EVERY n [ SKIP n ] | RANDOM n | RANDOM (n, seed) > ] | ||
| - | [ SAMPLE(‘control_break’ [, ’qualifier’]) ] | ||
| - | [ < DISTINCT column_spec | ALL >] | ||
| - | select_list | ||
| - | FROM data_source | ||
| - | [ WHERE criteria_list ] | ||
| - | [ GROUP BY group_by_list ] | ||
| - | [ HAVING having_list ] | ||
| - | [ ORDER BY order_by_list ] | ||
| - | [ < UNION [ALL] | INTERSECT | EXCEPT > select_statement ] | ||
| - | [ ON [ CURSOR ] cursor_no ] | [ INSTANCE instance_no ] | ||
| - | [ WITH option_list ] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | ==== Select_list syntax: ==== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | [ * ] | [ column_spec [column_alias] [, column_spec ... ] | ||
| - | [ (subquery) ] | ||
| - | [ aggregate_function( column_spec ) [column_alias] ] | ||
| - | [ function( column_spec ) ] | ||
| - | [ column_spec < + | - | / | * > <column_spec | value > [column_alias] ] | ||
| - | [ $uniquekey | $odxid ] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ==== FROM Clause Syntax: ==== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | FROM table_spec [ table_alias ] [, [table_spec2 [ table_alias ] [ $omnidex ] ] | ||
| - | [[ < LEFT | RIGHT >][ OUTER | CROSS ] ] | ||
| - | [ JOIN table_spec2 ] | ||
| - | [ ON table_spec1.linkfield = table_spec2.linkfield ] | ||
| - | [ <AND | OR> NOT] table_spec.linkfield = table_spec.linkfield ] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | ==== WHERE Clause Syntax: ==== | ||
| - | [[dev:sql:statements:select:where | WHERE Clause Discussion ]] | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | WHERE [ criteria_list ] | ||
| - | [ EXISTS (subquery) ] | ||
| - | [ IN (subquery) ] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | ==== GROUP BY/HAVING Clause Syntax: ==== | ||
| - | ^[[dev:sql:statements:select:group_by | GROUP BY clause]]^ | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | GROUP BY group_by_columns | ||
| - | [ HAVING [ left_operand operator subquery ] | ||
| - | [ left_operand IN (subquery) ] ] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ==== ORDER BY Clause Syntax: ==== | ||
| - | [[dev:sql:statements:select:order_by | Order By Discussion ]] | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | ORDER BY [ column_spec | column_position ] [ ASC | DESC ] | ||
| - | [, column_spec | column_position ] [ ASC | DESC ] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ==== WITH Clause Syntax: ==== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | WITH options | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ===== Discussion ===== | ||
| - | ==== Expression_list ==== | ||
| - | The expression_list can be one of the following: | ||
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| - | | * | All columns for the named tables using a syntax of %%[%%%%[%%database.]table.]] * | | ||
| - | | column_spec | A column optionally qualified by a database and table with an optional column_alias. | | ||
| - | | (subquery) | A nested subquery that returns a single select item. | | ||
| - | | expression | A standard SQL or Omnidex-specific function | | ||
| - | | $uniquekey | | | ||
| - | | $odxid | | | ||
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| - | ==== FROM Clause ==== | ||
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| - | The From Datasource can be one of the following: | ||
| - | | table_spec | A table using a syntax of [database.]table. | | ||
| - | | $OMNIDEX | An internal table automatically created and used for testing consisting of one row and one column. | | ||
| - | | (subquery) | A nested subquery. | | ||
| - | | JOIN Clause | Joins one or more tables.| | ||
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| - | ==== GROUP BY Clause ==== | ||
| - | ==== HAVING Clause ==== | ||
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| - | ==== WITH options ==== | ||
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| - | == PRESERVE_CRITERIA == | ||
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| - | == PRESERVE_CRITERIA_ORDER == | ||
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| - | ===== Examples ===== | ||
| - | ==== Select all columns from table ==== | ||
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| - | > select * from mytable; | ||
| - | ==== Select with Omnidex criteria on Quicktext column ==== | ||
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| - | > select company, contact from mytable where company = 'inform*'; | ||
| - | ==== Aggregates, Functions, Expressions ===== | ||
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| - | SELECT customer_no, sum(amount) FROM orders GROUP BY customer_no ORDER BY 2; | ||
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| - | SELECT customer_no, count(distinct order_no) FROM orders GROUP BY customer_no ORDER BY 2, 1; | ||
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| - | ==== Select List Item Ordinal Numbers ==== | ||
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| - | SELECT company, contact, state FROM customers ORDER BY 3; | ||
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| - | SELECT company, contact, state FROM customers ORDER BY 3, 1; | ||
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