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Apache Hive Essentials - Second Edition
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Apache Hive Essentials - Second Edition

by Dayong Du
June 2018
Beginner to intermediate
210 pages
5h 12m
English
Packt Publishing
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MERGE statement

The MERGE statement, available since Hive 2.2, is used to perform UPDATE, DELETE, or INSERT on a target table, based on the JOIN condition matching or not against a source table or query. The standard syntax is as follows:

MERGE INTO <target_table> as Target USING <source_query/table> as SourceON <join_condition between two tables>WHEN MATCHED [AND <boolean expression>] THEN UPDATE SET <set clause list>WHEN MATCHED [AND <boolean expression>] THEN DELETEWHEN NOT MATCHED [AND <boolean expression>] THEN INSERT VALUES <value list>

The current limitations for the MERGE INTO statement are as follows:

  • One, two, or three WHEN clauses may be present
  • At most one of each type of UPDATE/DELETE/INSERT can be used
  • WHEN NOT MATCHED must ...
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ISBN: 9781788995092