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Apache Hive Cookbook
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In this recipe, you will learn how to use a left semi join in Hive.
The left semi join is used in place of the IN
/EXISTS
sub-query in Hive. In a traditional RDBMS, the IN
and EXISTS
clauses are widely used whereas in Hive, the left semi join is used as a replacement of the same.
In the left semi join, the right-hand side table can only be used in the join clause but not in the WHERE
or the SELECT
clause.
The general syntax of the left semi join is as follows:
join_condition | table_reference LEFT SEMI JOIN table_reference join_condition
Where:
table_reference
: Is the table name or the joining table that is used in the join query. table_reference
can also be a query alias.
join_condition
: join_condition
: Is the join clause that will join two or more tables based on an equality condition. The AND
keyword is used in case a join is required on more than two tables.
Run the following commands to create a left semi join in Hive:
SELECT a.* FROM Sales a LEFT SEMI JOIN...
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