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Value array {{QUERY_RESULT_ROWS}} in Databricks SQL alerts custom template
Please include in documentation an example how to incorporate the `QUERY_RESULT_ROWS` variable in the custom template.
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Databricks confirmed this was an issue on their end and it should be resolved now. It is working for me.
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Resolved! UUID/GUID Datatype in Databricks SQL
Hi all,I am trying to create a table with a GUID column.I have tried using GUID, UUID; but both of them are not working.Can someone help me with the syntax for adding a GUID column?Thanks!
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> What ANSI SQL data structure to use for UUID or GUID?I had similar question. The answer was `STRING`.
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How to overcome missing query parameters in Databricks SQL?
Hi, there! I'm trying to build up my first dashboard based on Dataabricks SQL. As far as I can see if you define a query parameter you can't skip it further. I'm looking for any option where I can make my parameter optional. For instance, I have a ta...
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Hello guys, I'm not sure if you could solve this issue but here is how I've handled it:SELECT *FROM my_tableWHERE (CASE WHEN LEN(:my_parameter) > 0 THEN my_column = :my_parameter ELSE my_column = my_column END)I hope this can help!
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Resolved! Databricks SQL - Unable to Escape Dollar Sign ($) in Column Name
It seems that due to how Databricks processes SQL cells, it's impossible to escape the $ when it comes to a column name.I would expect the following to work:%sql SELECT 'hi' `$id`The backticks ought to escape everything. And indeed that's exactly wha...
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I needed a $ character in the context of Java format strings in the SQL printf function.With some trial and error, I found workarounds:A trailing backslash escapes the dollar character successfully, like soSELECT printf('%1$\s, %1$\s', 'hi') AS testC...
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Resolved! To get Number of rows inserted after performing an Insert operation into a table
Consider we have two tables A & B.qry = """INSERT INTO Table ASelect * from Table B where Id is null """spark.sql(qry)I need to get the number of records inserted after running this in databricks.
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in case someone is looking for purely SQL based solution: (add LIMIT 1 to the query if you are looking for last op only) select t.timestamp, t.operation, t.operationMetrics.numOutputRows as numOutputRows from ( DESCRIBE HISTORY <catalog>.<schema>....
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How can I connect to an Azure SQL db from a Databricks notebook?
I know how to do it with spark, and read/write tables (like https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/databricks/data/data-sources/sql-databases#python-example )But this time, I need to only update a field of a specific row in a table. I do not think I ...
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Look at your compute configuration. Looks like this works perfectly on Dedicated (formerly: single user) or No isolation clusters, but not on Standard (formerly: Shared) ones.Maybe you need a disposable one-time job cluster with these settings.
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Resolved! Limit on number of result rows displayed on databricks SQL UI
Databricks SQL UI currently limits the query results display to 64000 rows. When will this limit go away? Using SSMS I get 40MM rows results in the UI and my users won't switch to databricks SQL for this reason
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Hi @prasad vaze​ - We do have a feature in the works that will increase this limit. If you reach out to your Databricks contact they can give you more details regarding dates and the preview.
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Multi value parameter on Power BI Paginated / SSRS connected to databricks using ODBC
Hi All, I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck setting up multi valued parameters on SSRS using ODBC connection to Databricks? I'm getting "Cannot add multi value query parameter" error everytime I change my parameter to multi value. In the query s...
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Hi I am working on having SSRS reports access Databricks and facing similar challenges. I see you tried this back in 2022. Can you please advice the approach to handle the multi value parameters? Thanks Sam
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what formatter is used to format SQL cell in databricks
Databricks launched formatter Black which formats python cells, I can also see SQL cell getting formatted, but not sure which formatter is being used for SQL cell formatting. No clarity given on docs.
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The formatter is mentioned here: Develop code in Databricks notebooks - Azure Databricks | Microsoft LearnIt is this npm package: @gethue/sql-formatter - npm
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Support of running multiple cells at a time in databricks notebook Hi all,Now databricks notebook supports parallel run of commands in a single notebo...
Support of running multiple cells at a time in databricks notebookHi all,Now databricks notebook supports parallel run of commands in a single notebook that will help run ad hoc queries simultaneously without creating a separate notebook.Once you run...
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Hi Team,I am observing that the functionality is not working as expected in the Trial workspace of Databricks. Is there a setting that needs to be enabled to allow independent SQL cells in a Databricks notebook to run in parallel, while dependent cel...
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How to convert string to datetime with correct timezone?
I have a field stored as a string in the format "12/30/2022 10:30:00 AM"If I use the function TO_DATE, I only get the date part... I want the full date and time.If I use the function TO_TIMESTAMP, I get the date and time, but it's assumed to be UTC, ...
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use from_utc_timestamp(to_timestam("<string>", <format>),<timezone>)
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Converting SQL Code to SQL Databricks
I am new to Databricks. Please excuse my ignorance. My requirement is to convert the SQL query below into Databricks SQL. The query comes from EventLog table and the output of the query goes into EventSummaryThese queries can be found hereCREATE TABL...
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you may explore the tool and services from Travinto Technologies . They have very good tools. We had explored their tool for our code coversion from Informatica, Datastage and abi initio to DATABRICKS , pyspark. Also we used for SQL queries, stored ...
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cannot import name 'sql' from 'databricks'
I am working on Databricks version 10.4 premium cluster and while importing sql from databricks module I am getting below error. cannot import name 'sql' from 'databricks' (/databricks/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/databricks/__init__.py).Trying...
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if you ever received this kind of error after installing the correct Python package then try running the below command. dbutils.library.restartPython()
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Resolved! Databricks SQL: catalog of each query
Currently, we are migrating from hive metastore to UC. We have several dashboards and a huge number of queries whose catalogs have been set to hive_metastore and using <db>.<table> access pattern.I'm just wondering if there's a way to switch catalogs...
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May you can also have a look here, if you need hot fix https://github.com/databrickslabs/ucx
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Default maximum spark streaming chunk size in delta files in each batch?
working with delta files spark structure streaming , what is the maximum default chunk size in each batch?How do identify this type of spark configuration in databricks?#[Databricks SQL]​ #[Spark streaming]​ #[Spark structured streaming]​ #Spark​
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doc - https://docs.databricks.com/en/structured-streaming/delta-lake.html Also, what is the challenge while using foreachbatch?
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