Vertica dynamic SQL lets SQL statements be defined and run at run time, i.e. you can build SQL queries based on the user input and execute them to provide required output. For examples, pass a  date value or session specific values to the SQL queries dynamically. Most of the modern day databases such as Netezz, Oracle, etc support dynamic SQL as a part of stored procedure or functions. Unfortunately, Vertica database does not provide support for dynamic SQL. Hopefully, future versions of Vertica database may provide support to the dynamic…

As a part of the database table refresh, you might execute multiple SQL statements on the Vertica analytical system. SQL statements could be some standalone or multiple statements in the single SQL file. You should have a mechanism to stop the execution in case one of the SQL statement encountered error inside the script. In this article, we will check one of such mechanism. i.e. Vertica SET ON_ERROR_STOP with some examples on how to use that variable. Vertica SET ON_ERROR_STOP The Vertica vsql command with option -f executes all SQL…