Select from dual in SQL / Hive

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Raymond Raymond Code Snippets & Tips

Code snippets and tips for various programming languages/frameworks. All code examples are under MIT or Apache 2.0 license unless specified otherwise. 

In Oracle database, you can select from dual table if you only want to return a one row result set. In many other databases, the query engine supports select directly from constant values without specifying a table name. 

In Hive, there is no system table named Dual. However you can directly created table name Dual.

Alternatively, you can also directly query from constant values or built-in functions without specifying a table name.

Code snippet

CREATE TABLE DUAL(Dummy VARCHAR(1));
INSERT INTO DUAL VALUES ('X');
SELECT CURRENT_DATE from DUAL;
SELECT CURRENT_DATE;
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