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Netezza Case Statement and its Usage with Examples

The Netezza CASE statement chooses value from a sequence of conditions, and executes a corresponding statement. The CASE statement evaluates a single expression and compares it against several potential available values, or evaluates multiple Boolean expressions and chooses the first one that is TRUE. Netezza Case Statement Syntax Searched form: CASE WHEN <search-condition-1> THEN <result-1> WHEN <search-condition-2> THEN <result-2> ... WHEN <search-condition-n> THEN <result-n> ELSE <default-result> END Search conditions can be arbitrarily complex and results can be expressions. Value form: CASE <test-value> WHEN <comparand-value-1> THEN <result-1> WHEN <comparand-value-2> THEN <result-2>…

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November 17, 2016

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Netezza group_concat alternative Working Example

If you are trying to concatenate column values after grouping them in Netezza database, you would be searching for Netezza group_concat alternative function. A Netezza group_concat is a UDF provided by the IBM. You have to take that C++ code and compile it on Netezza host to make use of that function. To compile the code you should be either nz user or Netezza admin. You have to compile the source code to new Netezza host in case if you migrate the data from one Netezza server to another. Read:…

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November 15, 2016

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Netezza Create View Syntax and Examples

You can use Netezza create view to create a virtual table based on the result-set of a complex SQL statement that may have multiple table joins. Just like views in other database a Netezza view contains rows and columns, just like a real table. The fields in a view are fields from one or more real tables in the database. Netezza Views are read-only. The system does not allow you an insert, update, or delete on a view. Read: Netezza Materialized Views and Examples IBM Netezza Create Tables Netezza Alter…

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November 10, 2016

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Netezza Alter Table Command and Examples

You can use the Netezza ALTER TABLE command to change the structure of an existing table. You can add, modify existing columns in Netezza tables. If the table is in use by an active query, the ALTER command waits until that query completes. Read: Netezza CREATE TABLE command and Examples Netezza Data Types Clustered base table in Netezza Netezza Foreign Key Constraint and Syntax Netezza Primary Key Constraint and Syntax Uses of Netezza Alter Table Command The main use of the alter table command is to alter the table structure.…

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November 8, 2016

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Netezza Create Table Command and Examples

Use the Netezza CREATE TABLE command to create a new, initially empty table in the current database. The CREATE TABLE command automatically creates a data type that represents the tuple type (structure type) corresponding to one row of the table. Netezza Create Table Command Syntax CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] TABLE <table> ( <col> <type> [<col_constraint>][,<col> <type> [<col_constraint>]…] [<table_constraint>[,<table_constraint>… ] ) [ DISTRIBUTE ON { RANDOM | [HASH] (<col>[,<col>…]) } ] [ ORGANIZE ON { (<col>) | NONE } ] [ ROW SECURITY ] Read: Importance of right Distribution…

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November 8, 2016

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nzhealthcheck Command to identify Netezza Health Check

You can perform the Netezza health check by running nzhealthcheck command. The Netezza health check is a report on how well the system is performing. Read: Netezza Architecture nzhealthcheck Command to identify Netezza Health Check To perform Netezza health check you have to login as an nz user and run command: nzhealthcheck You don’t have to pass any parameter to the above command. The output of the command presents general system information in the section MINI SYSINFO and information about the issues found in the section Failures. You can easily identify the information…

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November 7, 2016

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Search for String Pattern in Netezza Database: Google Like Search

Have you ever wondered how to search for string pattern in Netezza database? Here is one of the method that I used in our organisation to search for string pattern in Netezza database. This is process will take bit time to search full Netezza database. Here we have used the current_catalog to search for string pattern in current database. You can pass the database name and string pattern as a form parameter if you have any front end. You can build the query and get the desired results. Read: Netezza…

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November 5, 2016

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Netezza Cumulative Sum, Average and Example

You can make use of the Netezza analytical functions to calculate the cumulative sum or running sum. Sum and Average analytical functions are used along with window options to calculate the Netezza cumulative sum or running sum. Read: Identify and Remove Netezza Duplicate Records in Table IBM Netezza Extract Numbers from String Examples Netezza Pivot Rows to Column With Example Netezza Update Join Syntax and Examples Netezza Recursive Query Alternative and Examples IBM Netezza Rollup Group Aggregates using Grouping sets Netezza Cumulative Sum, Average Syntax: Below are the Syntax for…

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November 5, 2016

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Basic Netezza Linux Commands to Learn Netezza

In this post you will learn about some basic Netezza Linux commands. As you know, Netezza is Linux based data warehouse appliance that doesn’t have any UI. To get started you need to know some basic Netezza Linux commands to move through the Linux directories, find files, find directory size, create folders, create folders, and use some standard file editor to create file. Read: Commonly used Netezza Basic Commands Basic Netezza Linux Commands Here are the quick and lists of basic Netezza Linux commands that are frequently used when working…

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November 2, 2016

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Commonly used Netezza Basic Commands

In this post you will learn about some commonly day to day Netezza basic commands. There are lot of Netezza basic commands available along with Netezza commonly used utilities that are used but here are listed some commonly used commands. Read: Netezza Commonly used Utilities Basic Netezza Linux Commands to Learn Netezza nzrev Command Check the Netezza build version [nz@netezza01 ~]$ nzrev Release 7.2.1.0 [Build 46322] [nz@netezza01 ~]$ nzstats Command Provide the statistics about the Netezza appliance [nz@netezza01 ~]$ nzstats Field Name Value -------------------- -------------------------------------------- Name netezza 01 Description <sys…

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November 1, 2016