thanks for clarifying.  It might be worth updating the docs to make it
clear that special handling is required for a subset of the reserved
words.  Is the process to file a JIRA against the docs?



On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Jinfeng Ni <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just checked SQL Standard 2011. Section 6.4 has the following:
>
>
>      <general value specification> ::=
>     <host parameter specification>
>
>   | <SQL parameter reference>
>   | <dynamic parameter specification>
>   | <embedded variable specification>
>   | <current collation specification>
>   | CURRENT_CATALOG
>   | CURRENT_DEFAULT_TRANSFORM_GROUP
>   | CURRENT_PATH
>   | CURRENT_ROLE
>   | CURRENT_SCHEMA
>   | CURRENT_TRANSFORM_GROUP_FOR_TYPE <path-resolved user-defined type
> name>*  | CURRENT_USER
> *  | SESSION_USER
>   | SYSTEM_USER*  | USER
> *  | VALUE
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Jinfeng Ni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 'user' is a SQL reserved word.
> >
> > When it's used alone, it is a system function, just like CURRENT_USER.
> > See http://calcite.incubator.apache.org/docs/reference.html  (System
> > functions section).
> >
> > When 'user' is qualified with a table alias, it becomes a column
> > identifier. That probably explains why you would see the different
> results.
> >
> > In postgres, using 'user' alone would also produce the same behavior on
> > Drill.
> >
> >
> > mydb=# select * from dept2;
> >  dept_id | dept_name
> > ---------+-----------
> >        1 | ABC
> >          | EFG
> > (2 rows)
> >
> >
> > mydb=# select user, * from dept2;
> >  current_user | dept_id | dept_name
> > --------------+---------+-----------
> >  postgres     |       1 | ABC
> >  postgres     |         | EFG
> > (2 rows)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Andy Pernsteiner <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> ya that definitely works (as per my note above).  I wonder though, is
> this
> >> case 'special' (where you have to alias the table to pull out this
> >> reserved
> >> word from a json file)?
> >>
> >> The drill documentation @
> >> https://drill.apache.org/docs/reserved-keywords/
> >> merely says to use backticks (``), not to do any table aliasing..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Andries Engelbrecht <
> >> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Try using an alias on the profile
> >> >
> >> > select p.`user` from
> >> >
> >>
> maprfs.profiles.`profiles/2a77fbb8-c1d6-8266-619f-537892b35fe1.sys.drill` p;
> >> >
> >> > +---------+
> >> > |  user   |
> >> > +---------+
> >> > | cmatta  |
> >> > +————+
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Jun 30, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Andy Pernsteiner <
> >> [email protected]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Ya I tried that:
> >> > >
> >> > > select `user` from
> >> > > `profiles/2aa32e9e-bdae-8949-8461-c14dafe63ee0.sys.drill` ;
> >> > > +---------------+
> >> > > |     user      |
> >> > > +---------------+
> >> > > | root  |
> >> > > +---------------+
> >> > >
> >> > > but this works:
> >> > >
> >> > > select t.`user` from
> >> > > `profiles/2aa32e9e-bdae-8949-8461-c14dafe63ee0.sys.drill` t ;
> >> > > +---------+
> >> > > |  user   |
> >> > > +---------+
> >> > > | cmatta  |
> >> > > +---------+
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Christopher Matta <[email protected]
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> It would seem that user is a protected word that Drill uses to
> return
> >> > your
> >> > >> username. Try specifying user without backticks on any dataset:
> >> > >>
> >> > >> 0: jdbc:drill:zk=sen11:5181,sen12:5181> select user from
> sys.version
> >> > >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > ;
> >> > >> +---------+
> >> > >> |  user   |
> >> > >> +---------+
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> +---------+
> >> > >> 1 row selected (0.093 seconds)
> >> > >> 0: jdbc:drill:zk=sen11:5181,sen12:5181> select user from
> tweets_view
> >> > limit
> >> > >> 10;
> >> > >> +---------+
> >> > >> |  user   |
> >> > >> +---------+
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> | cmatta  |
> >> > >> +---------+
> >> > >> 10 rows selected (1.5 seconds)
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Re-run your first query with the user keyword surrounded by
> >> back-ticks.
> >> > >> ​
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Chris Matta
> >> > >> [email protected]
> >> > >> 215-701-3146
> >> > >>
> >> > >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Andy Pernsteiner <
> >> > >> [email protected]
> >> > >>> wrote:
> >> > >>
> >> > >>> I decided to embark on a short journey into querying drill
> profiles
> >> to
> >> > >> get
> >> > >>> interesting statistics from a shared cluster (where I have root
> >> priv's)
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> What I noticed was that if I attempt to query on the 'user' field
> >> > within
> >> > >>> the JSON file (which appears as the element), that drill returns
> to
> >> me
> >> > >> the
> >> > >>> user who I am currently impersonating...not the user who
> originally
> >> ran
> >> > >> the
> >> > >>> query:
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> (drill 1.0)
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> /usr/bin/sqlline -u jdbc:drill: -n root
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> then:
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> select user from
> >> > >> `profiles/2aa32e9e-bdae-8949-8461-c14dafe63ee0.sys.drill`
> >> > >>> ;
> >> > >>> +-------+
> >> > >>> | user  |
> >> > >>> +-------+
> >> > >>> | *root*  |
> >> > >>> +-------+
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> cat 2aa32e9e-bdae-8949-8461-c14dafe63ee0.sys.drill|egrep -o
> >> > >>> 'user\":\"[a-z]+\"'
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> user":"apernsteiner"
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> Now, I stumbled across a workaround, which is to alias the table
> (t)
> >> > and
> >> > >>> prefix the 'user' column in the resultset w/ the table alias :
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> 0: jdbc:drill:> select t.`user` from
> >> > >>> `profiles/2aa32e9e-bdae-8949-8461-c14dafe63ee0.sys.drill` t ;
> >> > >>> +---------+
> >> > >>> |  user   |
> >> > >>> +---------+
> >> > >>> | apernsteiner  |
> >> > >>> +---------+
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> Is this expected?  I could understand if Drill would only return
> >> valid
> >> > >> data
> >> > >>> if I properly aliased and subscripted to get to the
> >> element...however:
> >> > >> why
> >> > >>> would it return the logged in username in this query if I
> neglected
> >> to
> >> > do
> >> > >>> so?
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> --
> >> > >>> Andy Pernsteiner
> >> > >>> Manager, Field Enablement
> >> > >>> ph: 206.228.0737
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> www.mapr.com
> >> > >>>
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> >> > >>
> >> >
> >>
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> >> > >>>
> >> > >>
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Andy Pernsteiner
> >> > > Manager, Field Enablement
> >> > > ph: 206.228.0737
> >> > >
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> >>
> >>
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> >>
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