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Fabian Hueske edited comment on FLINK-6073 at 3/30/17 1:55 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------- Can you try the following query {code} SELECT b, ( SELECT a AS ab FROM t1 WHERE t1.proctime BETWEEN t2.proctime - INTERVAL '1' HOUR AND t2.proctime ORDER BY t1.proctime LIMIT 1 ) FROM t2 {code} was (Author: fhueske): Can you try the following query {code} SELECT b, ( SELECT a AS ab FROM t1 WHERE t1.proctime BETWEEN t2.proctime - INTERVAL '1' HOUR AND t2.proctime ORDER BY t1.proctime LIMIT 1) FROM t2 {code} > Support for SQL inner queries for proctime > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: FLINK-6073 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-6073 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Table API & SQL > Reporter: radu > Assignee: radu > Priority: Critical > Labels: features > Attachments: innerquery.png > > > Time target: Proc Time > **SQL targeted query examples:** > > Q1) `Select item, (select item2 from stream2 ) as itemExtern from stream1;` > Comments: This is the main functionality targeted by this JIRA to enable to > combine in the main query results from an inner query. > Q2) `Select s1.item, (Select a2 from table as t2 where table.id = s1.id > limit 1) from s1;` > Comments: > Another equivalent way to write the first example of inner query is with > limit 1. This ensures the equivalency with the SingleElementAggregation used > when translated the main target syntax for inner query. We must ensure that > the 2 syntaxes are supported and implemented with the same functionality. > There is the option also to select elements in the inner query from a table > not just from a different stream. This should be a sub-JIRA issue implement > this support. > **Description:** > Parsing the SQL inner query via calcite is translated to a join function > (left join with always true condition) between the output of the query on the > main stream and the output of a single output aggregation operation on the > inner query. The translation logic is shown below > ``` > LogicalJoin [condition=true;type=LEFT] > LogicalSingleValue[type=aggregation] > …logic of inner query (LogicalProject, LogicalScan…) > …logical of main,external query (LogicalProject, LogicalScan…)) > ``` > `LogicalJoin[condition=true;type=LEFT] `– it can be considered as a special > case operation rather than a proper join to be implemented between > stream-to-stream. The implementation behavior should attach to the main > stream output a value from a different query. > `LogicalSingleValue[type=aggregation]` – it can be interpreted as the holder > of the single value that results from the inner query. As this operator is > the guarantee that the inner query will bring to the join no more than one > value, there are several options on how to consider it’s functionality in the > streaming context: > 1. Throw an error if the inner query returns more than one result. This > would be a typical behavior in the case of standard SQL over DB. However, it > is very unlikely that a stream would only emit a single value. Therefore, > such a behavior would be very limited for streams in the inner query. > However, such a behavior might be more useful and common if the inner query > is over a table. > 1. We can interpret the usage of this parameter as the guarantee that at > one moment only one value is selected. Therefore the behavior would rather be > as a filter to select one value. This brings the option that the output of > this operator evolves in time with the second stream that drives the inner > query. The decision on when to evolve the stream should depend on what marks > the evolution of the stream (processing time, watermarks/event time, > ingestion time, window time partitions…). > In this JIRA issue the evolution would be marked by the processing time. For > this implementation the operator would work based on option 2. Hence at every > moment the state of the operator that holds one value can evolve with the > last elements. In this way the logic of the inner query is to select always > the last element (fields, or other query related transformations based on the > last value). This behavior is needed in many scenarios: (e.g., the typical > problem of computing the total income, when incomes are in multiple > currencies and the total needs to be computed in one currency by using always > the last exchange rate). > This behavior is motivated also by the functionality of the 3rd SQL query > example – Q3 (using inner query as the input source for FROM ). In such > scenarios, the selection in the main query would need to be done based on > latest elements. Therefore with such a behavior the 2 types of queries (Q1 > and Q3) would provide the same, intuitive result. > **Functionality example** > Based on the logical translation plan, we exemplify next the behavior of the > inner query applied on 2 streams that operate on processing time. > SELECT amount, (SELECT exchange FROM inputstream1) AS field1 FROM inputstream2 > ||Time||Stream1||Stream2||Output|| > |T1| | 1.2| | > |T2|User1,10| | (10,1.2)| > |T3|User2,11| | (11,1.2)| > |T4| | 1.3| | > |T5|User3,9 | | (9,1.3)| > |...| > Note 1. For streams that would operate on event time, at moment T3 we would > need to retract the previous outputs ((10, 1.2), (11,1.2) ) and reemit them > as ((10,1.3), (11,1.3) ). > Note 2. Rather than failing when a new value comes in the inner query we just > update the state that holds the single value. If option 1 for the behavior of > LogicalSingleValue is chosen, than an error should be triggered at moment T3. > **Implementation option** > Considering the notes and the option for the behavior the operator would be > implemented by using the join function of flink with a custom always true > join condition and an inner selection for the output based on the incoming > direction (to mimic the left join). The single value selection can be > implemented over a statefull flat map. In case the join is executed in > parallel by multiple operators, than we either use a parallelism of 1 for the > statefull flatmap (option 1) or we broadcast the outputs of the flatmap to > all join instances to ensure consistency of the results (option 2). > Considering that the flatMap functionality of selecting one value is light, > option 1 is better. The design schema is shown below. > !innerquery.png! > **General logic of Join** > ``` > leftDataStream.join(rightDataStream) > .where(new ConstantConditionSelector()) > .equalTo(new ConstantConditionSelector()) > .window(window.create()) > .trigger(new LeftFireTrigger()) > .evictor(new Evictor()) > .apply(JoinFunction()); > ``` -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)