Spark

Spark is written with Scala which runs in JVM (Java Virtual Machine); thus it is also feasible to run Spark in a macOS system. This article provides step by step guide to install the latest version of Apache Spark 3.0.1 on macOS. The version I'm using is macOS Big Sur version 11.1. Hadoop 3.3.0 ...

Like other SQL engines, Spark also supports PIVOT clause. PIVOT is usually used to calculated aggregated values for each value in a column and the calculated values will be included as columns in the result set. PIVOT ( { aggregate_expression [ AS aggregate_expression_alias ] } [ , ... ] FOR ...

Unlike traditional RDBMS systems, Spark SQL supports complex types like array or map. There are a number of built-in functions to operate efficiently on array values. ArrayType columns can be created directly using array or array_repeat  function. The latter repeat one element multiple times ...

In Spark SQL, MapType is designed for key values, which is like dictionary object type in many other programming languages. This article summarize the commonly used map functions in Spark SQL. Function map is used to create a map.  Example: spark-sql> select ...

Spark SQL function from_json(jsonStr, schema[, options]) returns a struct value with the given JSON string and format. Parameter options is used to control how the json is parsed. It accepts the same options as the  json data source in Spark DataFrame reader APIs. The following code ...

Similar as  Convert String to Date using Spark SQL , you can convert string of timestamp to Spark SQL timestamp data type. Function  to_timestamp(timestamp_str[, fmt]) p arses the `timestamp_str` expression with the `fmt` expression to a timestamp data type in Spark.  Example ...

Function unix_timestamp() returns the UNIX timestamp of current time. You can also specify a input timestamp value.  Example: spark-sql> select unix_timestamp(); unix_timestamp(current_timestamp(), yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss) 1610174099 spark-sql> select unix_timestamp(current_timestamp ...

Function current_date() or current_date can be used to return the current date at the start of query evaluation.  Example: spark-sql> select current_date(); current_date() 2021-01-09 spark-sql> select current_date; current_date() 2021-01-09 *Brackets are optional for this ...

Spark LEAD function provides access to a row at a given offset that follows the current row in a window. This analytic function can be used in a SELECT statement to compare values in the current row with values in a following row. This function is like  Spark SQL - LAG Window Function .

Spark LAG function provides access to a row at a given offset that comes before the current row in the windows. This function can be used in a SELECT statement to compare values in the current row with values in a previous row. lag(input[, offset[, default]]) OVER ([PARYITION BY ..] ORDER BY ...) ...