Impala Tutorial
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Impala - Clauses
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Impala - Query Language Basics
Impala - Query Language Basics
Impala Data types
The following table describes the Impala data types.
| Sr.No | Data Type & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
BIGINT This datatype stores numerical values and the range of this data type is -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807. This datatype is used in create table and alter table statements. |
| 2 |
BOOLEAN This data type stores only true or false values and it is used in the column definition of create table statement. |
| 3 |
CHAR This data type is a fixed length storage, it is padded with spaces, you can store up to the maximum length of 255. |
| 4 |
DECIMAL This data type is used to store decimal values and it is used in create table and alter table statements. |
| 5 |
DOUBLE This data type is used to store the floating point values in the range of positive or negative 4.94065645841246544e-324d -1.79769313486231570e+308. |
| 6 |
FLOAT This data type is used to store single precision floating value datatypes in the range of positive or negative 1.40129846432481707e-45 .. 3.40282346638528860e+38. |
| 7 |
INT This data type is used to store 4-byte integer up to the range of -2147483648 to 2147483647. |
| 8 |
SMALLINT This data type is used to store 2-byte integer up to the range of -32768 to 32767. |
| 9 |
STRING This is used to store string values. |
| 10 |
TIMESTAMP This data type is used to represent a point in a time. |
| 11 |
TINYINT This data type is used to store 1-byte integer value up to the range of -128 to 127. |
| 12 |
VARCHAR This data type is used to store variable length character up to the maximum length 65,535. |
| 13 |
ARRAY This is a complex data type and it is used to store variable number of ordered elements. |
| 14 |
Map This is a complex data type and it is used to store variable number of key-value pairs. |
| 15 |
Struct This is a complex data type and used to represent multiple fields of a single item. |
Comments in Impala
Comments in Impala are similar to those in SQL.In general we have two types of comments in programming languages namely Single-pne Comments and Multipne Comments.
Single-pne comments − Every single pne that is followed by "—" is considered as a comment in Impala. Following is an example of a single-pne comments in Impala.
-- Hello welcome to tutorials point.
Multipne comments − All the pnes between /* and */ are considered as multipne comments in Impala. Following is an example of a multipne comments in Impala.
/* Hi this is an example Of multipne comments in Impala */
The operators in Impala are similar to those in SQL. Refer our SQL tutorial by cpcking the following pnk sql-operators.
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