[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-3558) UDF LEFT(string,position) to HIVE

[Fitha Abdulla (JIRA)]

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Fitha Abdulla updated HIVE-3558:


Attachment: udf_left.q
udf_left.q.out
HIVE-3558.1.patch.txt

patch attached for HIVE-3558

> UDF  LEFT(string,position) to HIVE
> --
>
> Key: HIVE-3558
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3558
> Project: Hive
>  Issue Type: New Feature
>  Components: UDF
>Affects Versions: 0.9.0
>Reporter: Aruna Babu
>Priority: Minor
> Attachments: HIVE-3558.1.patch.txt, udf_left.q, udf_left.q.out
>
>
> Introduction
>   UDF (User Defined Function) to obtain the left most 'n' characters from 
> a string in  HIVE. 
> Relevance
>   Current releases of Hive lacks a function which would returns the 
> leftmost len characters from the string str, or NULL if any argument is NULL. 
>   
> The function LEFT(string,length)  would return the leftmost 'n' characters 
> from the string , or NULL if any argument is NULL which would be useful while 
> using HiveQL. This would find its use  in all the technical aspects where the 
> concept of strings are used.
> Functionality :-
> Function Name: LEFT(string,length) 
>
> Returns the leftmost length characters from the string  or NULL if any 
> argument is NULL.  
> Example: hive>SELECT LEFT('https://www.irctc.co.in',5);
>   -> 'https'
> Usage :-
> Case 1: To query a table to find details based on an https request
> Table :-Transaction
> Request_id|date|period_id|url_name
> 0001|01/07/2012|110001|https://www.irctc.co.in
> 0002|02/07/2012|110001|https://nextstep.tcs.com
> 0003|03/07/2012|110001|https://www.hdfcbank.com
> 0005|01/07/2012|110001|http://www.lmnm.co.in
> 0006|08/07/2012|110001|http://nextstart.com
> 0007|10/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.icicibank.com
> 0012|21/07/2012|110001|http://www.people.co.in
> 0026|08/07/2012|110001|http://nextprobs.com
> 00023|25/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.canarabank.com
> Query : select * from transaction where LEFT(url_name,5)='https';
> Result :-
> 0001|01/07/2012|110001|https://www.irctc.com
> 0002|02/07/2012|110001|https://nextstep.tcs.com  
> 0003|03/07/2012|110001|https://www.hdfcbank.com
> 0007|10/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.icicibank.com
> 00023|25/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.canarabank.com

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[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-3558) UDF LEFT(string,position) to HIVE

[Ashutosh Chauhan (JIRA)]

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Ashutosh Chauhan updated HIVE-3558:
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Fix Version/s: (was: 0.10.0)

> UDF  LEFT(string,position) to HIVE
> --
>
> Key: HIVE-3558
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3558
> Project: Hive
>  Issue Type: New Feature
>  Components: UDF
>Affects Versions: 0.9.0
>Reporter: Aruna Babu
>Priority: Minor
>
> Introduction
>   UDF (User Defined Function) to obtain the left most 'n' characters from 
> a string in  HIVE. 
> Relevance
>   Current releases of Hive lacks a function which would returns the 
> leftmost len characters from the string str, or NULL if any argument is NULL. 
>   
> The function LEFT(string,length)  would return the leftmost 'n' characters 
> from the string , or NULL if any argument is NULL which would be useful while 
> using HiveQL. This would find its use  in all the technical aspects where the 
> concept of strings are used.
> Functionality :-
> Function Name: LEFT(string,length) 
>
> Returns the leftmost length characters from the string  or NULL if any 
> argument is NULL.  
> Example: hive>SELECT LEFT('https://www.irctc.co.in',5);
>   -> 'https'
> Usage :-
> Case 1: To query a table to find details based on an https request
> Table :-Transaction
> Request_id|date|period_id|url_name
> 0001|01/07/2012|110001|https://www.irctc.co.in
> 0002|02/07/2012|110001|https://nextstep.tcs.com
> 0003|03/07/2012|110001|https://www.hdfcbank.com
> 0005|01/07/2012|110001|http://www.lmnm.co.in
> 0006|08/07/2012|110001|http://nextstart.com
> 0007|10/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.icicibank.com
> 0012|21/07/2012|110001|http://www.people.co.in
> 0026|08/07/2012|110001|http://nextprobs.com
> 00023|25/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.canarabank.com
> Query : select * from transaction where LEFT(url_name,5)='https';
> Result :-
> 0001|01/07/2012|110001|https://www.irctc.com
> 0002|02/07/2012|110001|https://nextstep.tcs.com  
> 0003|03/07/2012|110001|https://www.hdfcbank.com
> 0007|10/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.icicibank.com
> 00023|25/07/2012|110001|https://netbanking.canarabank.com

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