A.pjoin ()

Read(458) Label: join key, association, sequence,

Description:

Create association between multiple table sequences/record sequences through the join key.

Syntax:

A.pjoin(K:..,x:F,…;Ai:z,Ki:…,xi:Fi,…; …)

Note:

The function associates table sequence/record sequence A and table sequence/record sequence Ai through the join key and returns a sequence consisting of x:F,… and xi:Fi,…; by default, x:F,… involves all fields of P.

 

When relationship between P and Ai is one-to-many, xi is an aggregate expression.

 

When relationship between P and Ai is many-to-one, records of Ai will appear repeatedly in the result set.

 

Parameter z specifies the join type. It can be absent or null. Perform an inner join when z is absent, and a left join when z is null; and only retain records of P that cannot find matches when z is null and both parameters xi:Fi are absent.

Parameter:

P

A table sequence/record sequence

K

A’s join key

x

A’s expression

F

Field name corresponding to expression x

Ai

A table sequence/record sequence

z

Join type

Ki

Join key of Ai

xi

Expression of Ai

Fi

Field name corresponding to expression xi

Return value:

Table sequence

Option:

@o

Work when data is ordered to enable MERGE

@f

Enable full join while ignoring parameter z

Example:

Multi-homo-dimension table join:

 

A

 

1

=connect("demo").query("select STATEID,NAME from STATENAME")

Return a table sequence:

2

=connect("demo").query("select STATEID,POPULATION from STATEINFO")

Return a table sequence:

3

=connect("demo").query("select STATEID,CAPITAL from STATECAPITAL")

Return a table sequence:

4

=A1.pjoin(STATEID,STATEID:ID,NAME;A2,STATEID,POPULATION;A3,STATEID,CAPITAL)

Associate A1, A2 and A3 through join key STATEID and rename STATEID ID; below is the result:

 

When A and Ai has a one-to- many relationship:

 

A

 

1

=demo.query("select top 6  DEPT,MANAGER  from DEPARTMENT")

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

2

=demo.query("select  EID,NAME,DEPT from EMPLOYEE")

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

3

=A1.pjoin(DEPT;A2,DEPT,count(EID):Num)

A1 and A2 have a one-to-many relationship; associate them through DEPT, find the number of EID values under each DEPT value, and make the computing results a new field Num; below is the returned data:

 

When A and Ai has a many-to-one relationship:

 

A

 

1

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 CID,NAME,POPULATION,STATEID FROM CITIES")

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

2

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 STATEID,CAPITAL FROM STATECAPITAL")

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

3

=A1.pjoin(STATEID,CID,NAME,POPULATION;A2,STATEID,CAPITAL )

A1 and A2 have a many-to-one relationship; associate them through STATEID, during which A2’s field values appear in the result set repeatedly; below is the result:

 

When using @o option:

 

A

 

1

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 CID,NAME,POPULATION,STATEID FROM CITIES").sort(STATEID)

Return a sequence ordered by STATEID; below is the content:

2

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 STATEID,CAPITAL FROM STATECAPITAL").sort(STATEID)

Return a sequence ordered by STATEID; below is the content:

3

=A1.pjoin@o(STATEID,CID,NAME,POPULATION;A2,STATEID,CAPITAL )

As sequences are ordered by the join key, use @o option to perform MERGE.

 

Use @f option to enable full join:

 

A

 

1

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 CID,NAME,POPULATION,STATEID FROM CITIES")

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

2

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 STATEID,CAPITAL FROM STATECAPITAL")

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

3

=A1.pjoin@f(STATEID,CID,NAME,POPULATION;A2,STATEID,CAPITAL )

Use @f option to perform full join, during which field values are displayed as null for non-matching records; below is the result:

 

Method 1 for left join:

 

A

 

1

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 CID,NAME,POPULATION,STATEID FROM CITIES").sort(STATEID)

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

2

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 STATEID,CAPITAL FROM STATECAPITAL").sort(STATEID)

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

3

=A1.pjoin(STATEID,CID,NAME,POPULATION;A2:null,STATEID,CAPITAL )

As parameter z is null, perform left join to list all records of A1 display field values of A2’s non-matching records as nulls; below is the result:

Method 2 for left join:

 

A

 

1

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 CID,NAME,POPULATION,STATEID FROM CITIES").sort(STATEID)

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

2

=connect("demo").query("SELECT top 20 STATEID,CAPITAL FROM STATECAPITAL").sort(STATEID)

Below is content of the returned table sequence:

3

=A1.pjoin(STATEID;A2:null,STATEID)

Parameter z is null and parameters xi:Fi are absent, so only retain A1’s non-matching records; below is the result: