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Lynch Lee commented on FLINK-6428:
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[~fhueske] I want use flink sql into my product, but i need some suggestion
from you, thanks .
For this sql: SELECT distinct a, b, c FROM t GROUP BY a, b, c
why must we put the fields b,c into the group by keys while the distinct is on
field a ??
> Add support DISTINCT in dataStream SQL
> --------------------------------------
>
> Key: FLINK-6428
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-6428
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Table API & SQL
> Reporter: sunjincheng
> Assignee: sunjincheng
> Priority: Major
>
> Add support DISTINCT in dataStream SQL as follow:
> DATA:
> {code}
> (name, age)
> (kevin, 28),
> (sunny, 6),
> (jack, 6)
> {code}
> SQL:
> {code}
> SELECT DISTINCT age FROM MyTable"
> {code}
> RESULTS:
> {code}
> 28, 6
> {code}
> To DataStream:
> {code}
> inputDS
> .keyBy() // KeyBy on all fields
> .flatMap() // Eliminate duplicate data
> {code}
> [~fhueske] do we need this feature?
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