RAQL Query Syntax Reference
This topic contains syntax definitions and corresponding syntax diagrams for the Real-Time Analytics Query Language (RAQL) in MashZone NextGen.
ExplainOrSelectStatement
Definition:
ExplainOrSelectStatement
::= ( 'EXPLAIN' ( '(' CharacterConstant ')' )? )? SelectStatement
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This is the starting definition of RAQL queries, which has no parent references.
CharacterConstant
Definition:
CharacterConstant
::= S_CHAR_LITERAL
| S_PARAMETER
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SelectStatement
Definition:
SelectStatement
::= SelectWithOrder ';'?
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SelectWithOrder
Definition:
SelectWithOrder
::= QueryExpressionBody OrderByClause? LimitClause?
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QueryExpressionBody
Definition:
QueryExpressionBody
::= QueryTerm ( ( 'UNION' | 'EXCEPT' | 'MINUS' ) ( 'ALL' | 'DISTINCT' )? QueryTerm )*
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QueryTerm
Definition:
QueryTerm
::= QueryPrimary ( 'INTERSECT' ( 'ALL' | 'DISTINCT' )? QueryPrimary )*
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QueryPrimary
Definition:
QueryPrimary
::= SelectWithoutOrder
| '(' QueryExpressionBody ')'
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SelectWithoutOrder
Definition:
SelectWithoutOrder
::= 'SELECT' ( 'ALL' | 'DISTINCT' )? SelectList FromClause WhereClause? GroupByClause? HavingClause?
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SelectList
Definition:
SelectList
::= SelectItem ( ',' SelectItem )*
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SelectItem
Definition:
SelectItem
::= '*'
| SelectStar
| SqlSimpleExpression Alias?
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SelectStar
Definition:
SelectStar
::= ObjectName '.' ( ObjectName '.' )? '*'
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ObjectName
Definition:
ObjectName
::= S_IDENTIFIER
| S_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER
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SqlSimpleExpression
Definition:
SqlSimpleExpression
::= SqlMultiplicativeExpression ( ( '+' | '-' | '||' ) SqlMultiplicativeExpression )*
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SqlMultiplicativeExpression
Definition:
SqlMultiplicativeExpression
::= SqlExponentExpression ( ( '*' | '/' | '%' ) SqlExponentExpression )*
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SqlExponentExpression
Definition:
SqlExponentExpression
::= SqlUnaryExpression ( '**' SqlUnaryExpression )*
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SqlUnaryExpression
Definition:
SqlUnaryExpression
::= ( '+' | '-' )? SqlPrimaryExpression
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SqlPrimaryExpression
Definition:
SqlPrimaryExpression
::= '(' SqlExpression ')'
| Constant
| FunctionCall
| ( AggregateFunctionCall | GenericFunctionCall ) WindowSpecification?
| GroupingOperation
| WindowFunctionCall
| ObjectName ( '.' ( GenericFunctionCall WindowSpecification? | ObjectName ( '.' ObjectName )? ArrayElementReference? ) | ArrayElementReference )?
| ArrayValueConstructor
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SqlExpression
Definition:
SqlExpression
::= SqlAndExpression ( 'OR' SqlAndExpression )*
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SqlAndExpression
Definition:
SqlAndExpression
::= SqlUnaryLogicalExpression ( 'AND' SqlUnaryLogicalExpression )*
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SqlUnaryLogicalExpression
Definition:
SqlUnaryLogicalExpression
::= 'NOT'? SqlRelationalExpression
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SqlRelationalExpression
Definition:
SqlRelationalExpression
::= ( '(' SqlExpressionList ')' | SqlSimpleExpression ) ( SqlRelationalOperatorExpression | SqlInClause | SqlBetweenClause | SqlLikeClause | IsNullClause )?
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SqlExpressionList
Definition:
SqlExpressionList
::= SqlExpression ( ',' SqlExpression )*
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SqlRelationalOperatorExpression
Definition:
SqlRelationalOperatorExpression
::= Relop ( '(' QueryExpressionBody ')' | SqlSimpleExpression )
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Relop
Definition:
Relop ::= '='
| '!='
| '#'
| '<>'
| '>'
| '>='
| '<'
| '<='
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SqlInClause
Definition:
SqlInClause
::= 'NOT'? 'IN' '(' SqlExpressionList ')'
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SqlBetweenClause
Definition:
SqlBetweenClause
::= 'NOT'? 'BETWEEN' SqlSimpleExpression 'AND' SqlSimpleExpression
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SqlLikeClause
Definition:
SqlLikeClause
::= 'NOT'? 'LIKE' SqlSimpleExpression
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IsNullClause
Definition:
IsNullClause
::= 'IS' 'NOT'? 'NULL'
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Constant
Definition:
Constant ::= 'NULL'
| ( '+' | '-' )? S_NUMBER
| S_CHAR_LITERAL
| 'TRUE'
| 'FALSE'
| S_PARAMETER
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FunctionCall
Definition:
FunctionCall
::= ( ( ( 'ABS' | 'CEIL' | 'CEILING' | 'CHAR_LENGTH' | 'CHARACTER_LENGTH' | 'EXP' | 'FLOOR' | 'LN' | 'LOWER' | 'SQRT' | 'UPPER' ) '(' | ( 'MOD' | 'POWER' ) '(' SqlExpression ',' | 'TRIM' '(' ( ( 'LEADING' | 'TRAILING' | 'BOTH' )? SqlExpression? 'FROM' )? | 'SUBSTRING' '(' SqlExpression 'FROM' ( SqlExpression 'FOR' )? | ( 'ROUND' | 'TRUNC' | 'TRUNCATE' ) '(' ( SqlExpression ',' )? ) SqlExpression | 'CAST' '(' SqlExpression 'AS' CastableDataTypeDeclaration ) ')'
| 'CASE' ( SimpleCaseCall | BooleanCaseCall )
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CastableDataTypeDeclaration
Definition:
CastableDataTypeDeclaration
::= ( 'BIG_DECIMAL' | 'BYTE' | 'INTEGER' | 'FLOAT' | 'LONG' | 'SHORT' | 'DOUBLE' | 'CHARACTER' | 'STRING' | 'SQL_DATE' | 'SQL_TIMESTAMP' | 'SQL_TIME' | 'DATE' | 'BOOLEAN' | 'BLOB' | 'CLOB' | 'REF' | 'STRUCT' | 'UNKNOWN' | UserDefinedType ) 'ARRAY'?
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UserDefinedType
Definition:
UserDefinedType
::= S_IDENTIFIER ( '.' S_IDENTIFIER )?
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SimpleCaseCall
Definition:
SimpleCaseCall
::= SqlSimpleExpression ( 'WHEN' SqlSimpleExpression 'THEN' SqlSimpleExpression )+ ( 'ELSE' SqlSimpleExpression )? 'END'
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BooleanCaseCall
Definition:
BooleanCaseCall
::= ( 'WHEN' SqlExpression 'THEN' SqlSimpleExpression )+ ( 'ELSE' SqlSimpleExpression )? 'END'
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AggregateFunctionCall
Definition:
AggregateFunctionCall
::= ( ( 'AVG' | 'MAX' | 'MIN' | 'STDDEV_POP' | 'STDDEV' | 'STDDEV_SAMP' | 'SUM' | 'VAR_POP' | 'VARIANCE' | 'VAR_SAMP' ) '(' ( ( 'ALL' | 'DISTINCT' ) SourceField | SqlExpression ) | 'COUNT' '(' ( '*' | ( 'ALL' | 'DISTINCT' ) SourceField | SqlExpression ) | ( 'CORR' | 'COVAR_POP' | 'COVAR_SAMP' | 'COVAR' | 'REGR_INTERCEPT' | 'REGR_R2' | 'REGR_SLOPE' ) '(' ( SqlExpression | SourceField ) ',' ( SqlExpression | SourceField ) ) ')'
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SourceField
Definition:
SourceField
::= ObjectName ( '.' ObjectName ( '.' ObjectName )? )?
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GenericFunctionCall
Definition:
GenericFunctionCall
::= ObjectName '(' SqlExpressionList? ( ';' ConstantList )? ')'
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ConstantList
Definition:
ConstantList
::= Constant ( ',' Constant )*
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WindowSpecification
Definition:
WindowSpecification
::= 'OVER' '(' ( 'PARTITION' 'BY' SqlExpressionList )? OrderByClause? WindowFrameClause? ')'
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OrderByClause
Definition:
OrderByClause
::= 'ORDER' 'BY' SqlExpression ( 'ASC' | 'DESC' )? ( 'NULLS' ( 'FIRST' | 'LAST' ) )? ( ',' SqlExpression ( 'ASC' | 'DESC' )? ( 'NULLS' ( 'FIRST' | 'LAST' ) )? )*
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WindowFrameClause
Definition:
WindowFrameClause
::= ( 'ROWS' | 'RANGE' ) ( WindowFrameStart | 'BETWEEN' WindowFrameBound 'AND' WindowFrameBound )
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WindowFrameStart
Definition:
WindowFrameStart
::= ( 'UNBOUNDED' | FrameBound ) 'PRECEDING'
| 'CURRENT' 'ROW'
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FrameBound
Definition:
FrameBound
::= S_NUMBER
| S_PARAMETER
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WindowFrameBound
Definition:
WindowFrameBound
::= ( 'UNBOUNDED' | FrameBound ) 'FOLLOWING'
| WindowFrameStart
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GroupingOperation
Definition:
GroupingOperation
::= 'GROUPING' '(' SqlExpressionList ')'
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WindowFunctionCall
Definition:
WindowFunctionCall
::= ( ( 'RANK' | 'DENSE_RANK' | 'PERCENT_RANK' | 'CUME_DIST' | 'ROW_NUMBER' ) '(' | 'NTILE' '(' LongConstant | ( 'LEAD' | 'LAG' ) '(' ( SqlExpression | SourceField ) ( ',' IntegerConstant ( ',' Constant )? )? | ( ( 'FIRST_VALUE' | 'LAST_VALUE' ) '(' ( SqlExpression | SourceField ) | 'NTH_VALUE' '(' ( SqlExpression | SourceField ) ',' IntegerConstant ) ( ',' Constant )? ) ')' WindowSpecification
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LongConstant
Definition:
LongConstant
::= S_NUMBER
| S_PARAMETER
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IntegerConstant
Definition:
IntegerConstant
::= S_NUMBER
| S_PARAMETER
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ArrayElementReference
Definition:
ArrayElementReference
::= '[' IntegerConstant ']'
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ArrayValueConstructor
Definition:
ArrayValueConstructor
::= 'ARRAY' '[' SqlExpressionList ']'
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Alias
Definition:
Alias ::= 'AS'? ObjectName
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FromClause
Definition:
FromClause
::= 'FROM' FromItem ( ',' FromItem )*
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FromItem
Definition:
FromItem ::= SourceReferenceOrSubquery JoinedTable*
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SourceReferenceOrSubquery
Definition:
SourceReferenceOrSubquery
::= ( SourceReference | '(' SelectWithOrder ')' ) Alias?
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SourceReference
Definition:
SourceReference
::= ObjectName ( '.' ObjectName )? ( '/' ObjectName ( '.' ObjectName )? )*
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JoinedTable
Definition:
JoinedTable
::= ( 'CROSS' | 'NATURAL' ( 'INNER' | ( 'LEFT' | 'RIGHT' | 'FULL' ) 'OUTER'? )? ) 'JOIN' SourceReferenceOrSubquery
| ( 'INNER' | ( 'LEFT' | 'RIGHT' | 'FULL' ) 'OUTER'? )? 'JOIN' SourceReferenceOrSubquery ( 'ON' SqlExpression | 'USING' '(' SourceFieldList ')' )?
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SourceFieldList
Definition:
SourceFieldList
::= SourceField ( ',' SourceField )*
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WhereClause
Definition:
WhereClause
::= 'WHERE' SqlExpression
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GroupByClause
Definition:
GroupByClause
::= 'GROUP' 'BY' ( 'ALL' | 'DISTINCT' )? GroupingElementList
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GroupingElementList
Definition:
GroupingElementList
::= GroupingElement ( ',' GroupingElement )*
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GroupingElement
Definition:
GroupingElement
::= EmptyGroupingSet
| OrdinaryGroupingSet
| RollupList
| CubeList
| GroupingSetsSpecification
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EmptyGroupingSet
Definition:
EmptyGroupingSet
::= '(' ')'
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OrdinaryGroupingSet
Definition:
OrdinaryGroupingSet
::= '(' GroupingExpressionReferenceList ')'
| GroupingExpressionReference
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GroupingExpressionReferenceList
Definition:
GroupingExpressionReferenceList
::= GroupingExpressionReference ( ',' GroupingExpressionReference )*
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GroupingExpressionReference
Definition:
GroupingExpressionReference
::= SqlExpression
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RollupList
Definition:
RollupList
::= 'ROLLUP' '(' OrdinaryGroupingSetList ')'
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OrdinaryGroupingSetList
Definition:
OrdinaryGroupingSetList
::= OrdinaryGroupingSet ( ',' OrdinaryGroupingSet )*
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CubeList
Definition:
CubeList ::= 'CUBE' '(' OrdinaryGroupingSetList ')'
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GroupingSetsSpecification
Definition:
GroupingSetsSpecification
::= 'GROUPING' 'SETS' '(' GroupingSetList ')'
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GroupingSetList
Definition:
GroupingSetList
::= GroupingSet ( ',' GroupingSet )*
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GroupingSet
Definition:
GroupingSet
::= EmptyGroupingSet
| OrdinaryGroupingSet
| RollupList
| CubeList
| GroupingSetsSpecification
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HavingClause
Definition:
HavingClause
::= 'HAVING' SqlExpression
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LimitClause
Definition:
LimitClause
::= 'LIMIT' LongConstant ( ',' LongConstant )?
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S_NUMBER
Definition:
S_NUMBER ::= FLOAT ( [eE] [-+]? INTEGER )?
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FLOAT
Definition:
FLOAT ::= ( INTEGER? '.' )? INTEGER
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INTEGER
Definition:
INTEGER ::= DIGIT+
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DIGIT
Definition:
DIGIT ::= [0-9]
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S_PARAMETER
Definition:
S_PARAMETER
::= ':' ( S_IDENTIFIER | S_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER )
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S_IDENTIFIER
Definition:
S_IDENTIFIER
::= NAMESTARTCHAR NAMECHAR*
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NAMESTARTCHAR
Definition:
NAMESTARTCHAR
::= [A-Z_a-z#x00C0-#x00D6#x00D8-#x00F6#x00F8-#x02FF#x0370-#x037D#x037F-#x1FFF#x200C-#x200D#x2070-#x218F#x2C00-#x2FEF#x3001-#xD7FF#xF900-#xFDCF#xFDF0-#xFFFD]
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NAMECHAR
Definition:
NAMECHAR ::= NAMESTARTCHAR
| [:$0-9#x00B7#x0300-#x036F#x203F-#x2040]
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S_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER
Definition:
S_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER
::= '"' [^"#x000A#x000D]* '"'
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S_CHAR_LITERAL
Definition:
S_CHAR_LITERAL
::= "'" ( "'" "'" | [^'] )* "'"
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IgnorableWhitespace
Definition:
IgnorableWhitespace
::= [ #x0009#x000D#x000A]
| LINE_COMMENT
| MULTI_LINE_COMMENT
LINE_COMMENT
Definition:
LINE_COMMENT
::= '--' [^#x000D#x000A]*
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MULTI_LINE_COMMENT
Definition:
MULTI_LINE_COMMENT
::= '/' '*' ( [^*] | '*'+ [^*/] )* '*'+ '/'
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