example OuterJoin
#Outer joins using java's Optional class
#This is not an outer join per se (it returns A*B rows, rather than A+B rows,
#when A and B don't join at all), but is similar in spirit. The pedantic version follows.
typeside Ty = literal {
external_types
String -> "java.lang.String"
Nat -> "java.lang.Integer"
Bool -> "java.lang.Boolean"
NullableNat -> "java.util.Optional"
external_parsers
String -> "x => x"
Nat -> "parseInt"
Bool -> "x => java.lang.Boolean.parseBool(x)"
NullableNat -> "x => java.util.Optional.of(java.lang.Integer.parseInt(x))"
external_functions
null : -> NullableNat = "() => java.util.Optional.empty()"
inNat : Nat -> NullableNat = "x => java.util.Optional.of(x)"
eqNat : Nat, Nat -> Bool = "(x, y) => x == y"
ifNat : Bool, NullableNat, NullableNat -> NullableNat = "(b, x, y) => b ? x : y"
}
schema S = literal : Ty {
entities
A B
attributes
Aname : A -> String
Bname : B -> String
Aid : A -> Nat
Bid : B -> Nat
}
schema T = literal : Ty {
entities
C
attributes
CAname : C -> String
CBname : C -> String
Cid : C -> NullableNat
}
query OuterJoin = literal : S -> T {
entity
C -> {from a:A b:B
attributes Cid -> ifNat(eqNat(a.Aid, b.Bid), inNat(a.Aid), null)
CAname -> a.Aname
CBname -> b.Bname
}
}
instance I = literal : S {
generators
a1 a2 : A
b2 b3 : B
equations
a1.Aname = alice a1.Aid = "1"
a2.Aname = bob a2.Aid = "2"
b2.Bname = charlie b2.Bid = "2"
b3.Bname = dave b3.Bid = "3"
}
instance J = eval OuterJoin I
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schema Sx = literal : sql {
entities
Left Right Middle
foreign_keys
f: Left -> Middle g: Right -> Middle
attributes
attL: Left -> Varchar
attR: Right -> Varchar
attM: Middle -> Varchar
}
instance Ix = literal : Sx {
generators
l1 l2 l3 l4: Left
r1 r2: Right
m1: Middle
equations
l1.f=l2.f l2.f=r1.g l3.f=r2.g
l1.attL="Bob" l1.f.attM="5"
l2.attL="Carl" l3.attL="Alice"
l3.f.attM="10" r1.attR="Happy"
r2.attR="Sad" m1.attM="7"
l4.attL="Dave" l4.f.attM="6"
}
#Let's do a left outer join
#Step 1: query, remembering the join and the Left
#Step 1a: make the appropriate schema
schema Helper = literal : sql {
entities
Joiner Left
foreign_keys
h: Joiner->Left
attributes
attL: Left->Varchar
attR: Joiner-> Varchar
attM: Joiner -> Varchar
}
#Step 1b: query it
query findJoin = literal : Sx -> Helper {
entity
Joiner -> {
from l:Left r:Right
where
l.f=r.g
attributes
attM -> l.f.attM
attR -> r.attR
foreign_keys
h -> {l -> l }
}
entity
Left -> {
from l:Left
attributes attL->l.attL
}
}
#Step 2: add it all up
#Step 2a: make the landing schema
schema Landing = literal : sql {
entities
Result
attributes
attL: Result->Varchar
attM: Result->Varchar
attR: Result->Varchar
}
#Step 2b: make a mapping from helper to landing
mapping AddItUp = literal : Helper -> Landing {
entity
Joiner -> Result
foreign_keys
h -> identity
attributes
attM -> attM
attR -> attR
entity
Left -> Result
attributes
attL -> attL
}
#Step 3: run
instance Joined = eval findJoin Ix
instance OuterJoinx = sigma AddItUp Joined
Keywords:
typeside_literal
eval
query_literal
schema_literal
instance_literal
sigma
mapping_literal
Options:
instance I
BID | Bname | Bid |
---|
2 | charlie | 2 |
3 | dave | 3 |
instance Ix
LeftID | attL | f |
---|
0 | Bob | 4 |
1 | Carl | 4 |
2 | Alice | 5 |
3 | Dave | 6 |
instance Joined
JoinerID | attR | attM | h |
---|
0 | Happy | 5 | 3 |
1 | Happy | 5 | 4 |
2 | Sad | 10 | 5 |
LeftID | attL |
---|
3 | Bob |
4 | Carl |
5 | Alice |
6 | Dave |
instance OuterJoinx
ResultID | attL | attM | attR |
---|
0 | Alice | 10 | Sad |
1 | Carl | 5 | Happy |
2 | Bob | 5 | Happy |
3 | Dave | ?0 | ?1 |
instance J
CID | CAname | CBname | Cid |
---|
0 | alice | charlie | |
1 | alice | dave | |
2 | bob | charlie | 2 |
3 | bob | dave | |