I just want to say, there is a great JIRA already opened here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-4258
I added a comment, I would encourage others to add comments if they think
this idea would be beneficial.
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 8:50 AM, John Omernik wrote:
> So what would need to b
So what would need to be done to get this process kick started? I see a
few components here:
1. Develop the table in sys (sys.functions) that stores the information
about the function. For this I propose this for discussions
name - The name of the function
description - The Description of the f
You could also generate documentation updates via query at each release.
This would be a great feature, move the information close to the analysts
hands, I love how that would work. (I think I remember some talk about
extending sys.options to be self documenting as well )
On Tue, Feb 28, 20
Regarding the list of functions (build-in or UDF), someone once
suggested that we make the functions self-documented by adding a
sys.functions table.
select * from sys.functions where name like '%SPLIT%';
return function_name, parameter_list, description etc.
This way, use could simply query sys
> 4. I think as part of developer review and pull requests that add
> functions/functionality should require a pull request to also provide a
> documentation update. This helps to ensure that the docs keep up to date,
> as well as keeping users appraised of what is happening... i.e. it's a good
>
Thanks Charles, that worked even on my 1.8.
Drill folks: We need to do some documentation updates. We've added
functions (like REGEXP_MATCHES, and it's in 1.8, so I am not sure where it
was added) and other functions like SPLIT and yet no mention in
https://drill.apache.org/docs/string-manipulat
Hi John,
I believe that Drill 1.9 includes a REGEXP_MATCHES( , )
function which does what you'd expect it to. I'm not sure when this was
introduced, so it maybe in earlier versions of Drill.
Best,
-- C
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:03 AM, John Omernik wrote:
> I have a data set that has birthdays
I have a data set that has birthdays in -MM-DD format.
Most of this data is great. I am trying to compute the age using
EXTRACT(year from age(dob))
But some of my data is crapola... let's call it alternative data...
When I try to run the Extract function, I get
Error: SYSTEM ERROR: Illeg
