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user147529
user147529

Reputation: 665

How to declare a list/array/struct type variable in BigQuery

How can I declare a list type variable in BigQuery so that I can use it in a where clause? I have this code

WITH
  subquery AS (
  SELECT
    1 AS col1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT
    2 AS col1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT
    3 AS col1 )

SELECT
  col1
FROM
  subquery
WHERE
  col1 IN (1, 2)

instead I would like to get to the point with the variable in the query

DECLARE list ARRAY;
SET list = (1,2);

WITH
  subquery AS (
  SELECT
    1 AS col1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT
    2 AS col1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT
    3 AS col1 )

SELECT
  col1
FROM
  subquery
WHERE
  col1 IN list

I have tried DECLARE list STRUCT [less than] int64,int64 [greater than] which it doesn't accept

Upvotes: 9

Views: 36246

Answers (3)

FreshSnow
FreshSnow

Reputation: 434

You can DECLARE an array and assign it values in one go, without using SET. Example:

DECLARE myArray ARRAY <STRING> DEFAULT ["FIRST", "SECOND", "THIRD"];

SELECT myValues
  FROM UNNEST(myArray) AS myValues

You may prefer a subquery, using WITH. Example:

WITH myArray AS (
  SELECT *
    FROM UNNEST(["FIRST", "SECOND", "THIRD"]) AS myValues
)
SELECT myValues
  FROM myArray

Both queries will provide the same result:

+----------+
| myValues |
+----------+
| FIRST    |
| SECOND   | 
| THIRD    |
+----------+

Upvotes: 5

Sean
Sean

Reputation: 473

The following syntax also seems to work, if you really want to use DECLARE with a STRUCT type, or for other people who find this post:

DECLARE foo DEFAULT (SELECT AS STRUCT 2, 2, 2, 2);

Upvotes: 4

rmesteves
rmesteves

Reputation: 4075

Try the following code:

DECLARE list ARRAY <INT64>;
SET list = [1,2];

WITH
  subquery AS (
  SELECT
    1 AS col1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT
    2 AS col1
  UNION ALL
  SELECT
    3 AS col1 )

SELECT
  col1
FROM
  subquery
WHERE
  col1 IN UNNEST(list)

Upvotes: 14

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