A possible workaround is to add the rand column into tbl1 with a projection
before the join.
SELECT a.col1
FROM (
SELECT col1,
CASE
WHEN col2 IS NULL
THEN cast(rand(9)*1000 - 9999999999 as string)
ELSE
col2
END AS col2
FROM tbl1) a
LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl2 b
ON a.col2 = b.col3;
Chang Chen wrote
> Hi Wenchen
>
> Yes. We also find this error is caused by Rand. However, this is classic
> way to solve data skew in Hive. Is there any equivalent way in Spark?
>
> Thanks
> Chang
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Wenchen Fan <
> cloud0fan@
> > wrote:
>
>> It’s not about case when, but about rand(). Non-deterministic expressions
>> are not allowed in join condition.
>>
>> > On 13 Jul 2017, at 6:43 PM, wangshuang <
> cn_wss@
> > wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm trying to execute hive sql on spark sql (Also on spark
>> thriftserver), For
>> > optimizing data skew, we use "case when" to handle null.
>> > Simple sql as following:
>> >
>> >
>> > SELECT a.col1
>> > FROM tbl1 a
>> > LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl2 b
>> > ON
>> > * CASE
>> > WHEN a.col2 IS NULL
>> > TNEN cast(rand(9)*1000 - 9999999999 as string)
>> > ELSE
>> > a.col2 END *
>> > = b.col3;
>> >
>> >
>> > But I get the error:
>> >
>> > == Physical Plan ==
>> > *org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: nondeterministic expressions
>> are
>> > only allowed in
>> > Project, Filter, Aggregate or Window, found:*
>> > (((CASE WHEN (a.`nav_tcdt` IS NULL) THEN CAST(((rand(9) * CAST(1000 AS
>> > DOUBLE)) - CAST(9999999999L AS DOUBLE)) AS STRING) ELSE a.`nav_tcdt`
>> END
>> =
>> > c.`site_categ_id`) AND (CAST(a.`nav_tcd` AS INT) = 9)) AND
>> (c.`cur_flag`
>> =
>> > 1))
>> > in operator Join LeftOuter, (((CASE WHEN isnull(nav_tcdt#25) THEN
>> > cast(((rand(9) * cast(1000 as double)) - cast(9999999999 as double)) as
>> > string) ELSE nav_tcdt#25 END = site_categ_id#80) && (cast(nav_tcd#26 as
>> int)
>> > = 9)) && (cur_flag#77 = 1))
>> > ;;
>> > GlobalLimit 10
>> > +- LocalLimit 10
>> > +- Aggregate [date_id#7, CASE WHEN (cast(city_id#10 as string) IN
>> > (cast(19596 as string),cast(20134 as string),cast(10997 as string)) &&
>> > nav_tcdt#25 RLIKE ^[0-9]+$) THEN city_id#10 ELSE nav_tpa_id#21 END],
>> > [date_id#7]
>> > +- Filter (date_id#7 = 2017-07-12)
>> > +- Join LeftOuter, (((CASE WHEN isnull(nav_tcdt#25) THEN
>> > cast(((rand(9) * cast(1000 as double)) - cast(9999999999 as double)) as
>> > string) ELSE nav_tcdt#25 END = site_categ_id#80) && (cast(nav_tcd#26 as
>> int)
>> > = 9)) && (cur_flag#77 = 1))
>> > :- SubqueryAlias a
>> > : +- SubqueryAlias tmp_lifan_trfc_tpa_hive
>> > : +- CatalogRelation `tmp`.`tmp_lifan_trfc_tpa_hive`,
>> > org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe, [date_id#7,
>> chanl_id#8L,
>> > pltfm_id#9, city_id#10, sessn_id#11, gu_id#12,
>> nav_refer_page_type_id#13,
>> > nav_refer_page_value#14, nav_refer_tpa#15, nav_refer_tpa_id#16,
>> > nav_refer_tpc#17, nav_refer_tpi#18, nav_page_type_id#19,
>> nav_page_value#20,
>> > nav_tpa_id#21, nav_tpa#22, nav_tpc#23, nav_tpi#24, nav_tcdt#25,
>> nav_tcd#26,
>> > nav_tci#27, nav_tce#28, detl_refer_page_type_id#29,
>> > detl_refer_page_value#30, ... 33 more fields]
>> > +- SubqueryAlias c
>> > +- SubqueryAlias dim_site_categ_ext
>> > +- CatalogRelation `dw`.`dim_site_categ_ext`,
>> > org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe,
>> [site_categ_skid#64L,
>> > site_categ_type#65, site_categ_code#66, site_categ_name#67,
>> > site_categ_parnt_skid#68L, site_categ_kywrd#69, leaf_flg#70L,
>> sort_seq#71L,
>> > site_categ_srch_name#72, vsbl_flg#73, delet_flag#74, etl_batch_id#75L,
>> > updt_time#76, cur_flag#77, bkgrnd_categ_skid#78L, bkgrnd_categ_id#79L,
>> > site_categ_id#80, site_categ_parnt_id#81]
>> >
>> > Does spark sql not support syntax "case when" in JOIN? Additional, my
>> spark
>> > version is 2.2.0.
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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