[
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-1472?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15614178#comment-15614178
]
Jark Wu commented on CALCITE-1472:
----------------------------------
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
> Support CROSS/OUTER APPLY syntax
> --------------------------------
>
> Key: CALCITE-1472
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-1472
> Project: Calcite
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Jark Wu
> Assignee: Julian Hyde
>
> The CROSS/OUTER APPLY is very similar to CROSS JOIN and OUTER JOIN. The
> difference is that the APPLY operator is used to invoke a table-valued
> function. This is not a standard SQL syntax , but introduced from MS SQL
> Server [1].
> The APPLY operator can be expressed by Calcite’s LATERAL TABLE . That means
> the
> SELECT MyTable.*, t.s FROM MyTable CROSS APPLY split(MyTable.a)) AS t(s)
> corresponds to :
> SELECT MyTable.*, t.s FROM MyTable, LATERAL TABLE(split(MyTable.a)) AS t(s)
> and
> SELECT MyTable.*, t.s FROM MyTable OUTER APPLY split(MyTable.a)) AS t(s)
> corresponds to:
> SELECT MyTable.*, t.s FROM MyTable LEFT JOIN LATERAL TABLE(split(MyTable.a))
> AS t(s) ON TRUE
> The ON TRUE part is necessary for LEFT JOIN, but it's trivial for users.
> That's why I'm introducing "CROSS/OUTER APPLY" which will simplify the SQL a
> lot.
> As the APPLY can be expressed by LATERAL, so the only thing we need to touch
> is the Parser (see [2] and search FLINK to find the modification).
> [1] https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175156(v=sql.105).aspx
> [2]
> https://github.com/wuchong/flink/blob/60812e51156ec9fa6088154d2f6dea8c1ff9ac17/flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/codegen/templates/Parser.jj
--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.3.4#6332)
