Data Manipulation Language (DML) Syntax

DQL Statements

• Syntax

  query:
    values
    | {
        select
        | selectWithoutFrom
        | query UNION [ ALL ] query
        | query EXCEPT query
        | query INTERSECT query
      }
      [ ORDER BY orderItem [, orderItem ]* ]
      [ LIMIT { count | ALL } ]
      [ OFFSET start { ROW | ROWS } ]
      [ FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ count ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY]
  
  orderItem:
    expression [ ASC | DESC ]
  
  select:
    SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT ]
    { * | projectItem [, projectItem ]* }
    FROM tableExpression
    [ WHERE booleanExpression ]
    [ GROUP BY { groupItem [, groupItem ]* } ]
    [ HAVING booleanExpression ]
    [ WINDOW windowName AS windowSpec [, windowName AS windowSpec ]* ]
  
  selectWithoutFrom:
    SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT ]
    { * | projectItem [, projectItem ]* }
  
  projectItem:
    expression [ [ AS ] columnAlias ]
    | tableAlias . *
  
  tableExpression:
    tableReference [, tableReference ]*
    | tableExpression [ NATURAL ] [ LEFT | RIGHT | FULL ] JOIN tableExpression [ joinCondition ]
  
  joinCondition:
    ON booleanExpression
    | USING '(' column [, column ]* ')'
  
  tableReference:
    tablePrimary
    [ matchRecognize ]
    [ [ AS ] alias [ '(' columnAlias [, columnAlias ]* ')' ] ]
  
  tablePrimary:
    [ TABLE ] [ [ catalogName . ] schemaName . ] tableName
    | LATERAL TABLE '(' functionName '(' expression [, expression ]* ')' ')'
    | UNNEST '(' expression ')'
  
  values:
    VALUES expression [, expression ]*
  
  groupItem:
    expression
    | '(' ')'
    | '(' expression [, expression ]* ')'
    | CUBE '(' expression [, expression ]* ')'
    | ROLLUP '(' expression [, expression ]* ')'
    | GROUPING SETS '(' groupItem [, groupItem ]* ')'
  
  windowRef:
      windowName
    | windowSpec
  
  windowSpec:
      [ windowName ]
      '('
      [ ORDER BY orderItem [, orderItem ]* ]
      [ PARTITION BY expression [, expression ]* ]
      [
          RANGE numericOrIntervalExpression {PRECEDING}
        | ROWS numericExpression {PRECEDING}
      ]
      ')'
  
  matchRecognize:
        MATCH_RECOGNIZE '('
        [ PARTITION BY expression [, expression ]* ]
        [ ORDER BY orderItem [, orderItem ]* ]
        [ MEASURES measureColumn [, measureColumn ]* ]
        [ ONE ROW PER MATCH ]
        [ AFTER MATCH
              ( SKIP TO NEXT ROW
              | SKIP PAST LAST ROW
              | SKIP TO FIRST variable
              | SKIP TO LAST variable
              | SKIP TO variable )
        ]
        PATTERN '(' pattern ')'
        [ WITHIN intervalLiteral ]
        DEFINE variable AS condition [, variable AS condition ]*
        ')'
  
  measureColumn:
        expression AS alias
  
  pattern:
        patternTerm [ '|' patternTerm ]*
  
  patternTerm:
        patternFactor [ patternFactor ]*
  
  patternFactor:
        variable [ patternQuantifier ]
  
  patternQuantifier:
        '*'
    |   '*?'
    |   '+'
    |   '+?'
    |   '?'
    |   '??'
    |   '{' { [ minRepeat ], [ maxRepeat ] } '}' ['?']
    |   '{' repeat '}'