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I have two tables oldTable and newTable with the contents as :

oldTable :

  key    value    volume
  ======================
  1      abc      10000
  2      def      5000

newTable :

  key    value    volume
  ======================
  1      abc      2000
  2      def      3000
  3      xyz      7000

I want to create a new table which sums up the volumes from bothe tables. i.e., the new table should contain the following contents :

joined_table :

  key    value    volume
  ======================
  1      abc      12000
  2      def      8000
  3      xyz      7000

I tried with the following statements but to no result :

CREATE TABLE joined_table AS
SELECT key, value, volume
FROM (
    SELECT IF(oldTable.key != NULL, oldTable.key, newTable.key) AS key,
        IF(oldTable.value != NULL, oldTable.value, newTable.value) AS value,
        IF(oldTable.volume AND newTable.volume, oldTable.volume + newTable.volume,
    IF(oldTable.volume != NULL, oldTable.volume, newTable.volume)) AS volume
    FROM(
        SELECT oldTable.key, oldTable.value, oldTable.volume, newTable.key, newTable.value, newTable.volume
        FROM newTable FULL OUTER JOIN oldTable ON newTable.key = oldTable.key
    )alias
)anotherAlias;

But this throws me an error saying Query returned non-zero code: 10, cause: FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: Ambiguous column reference key.

I tried changing the column names in the joined_table in the above query, but it gives me the same error. Any help on how to achieve this ?

Also, is there any way I can overwrite the result to an existing table, say oldTable instead of creating this new one ?

gaganbm
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The word key that you are using in your query is a reserved keyword. This might be the reason of ambiguity error being thrown by your parser. You can use back ticks to avoid the parser to read it as a reserved literal.

CREATE TABLE joined_table AS
SELECT `key`, value, volume
FROM (
SELECT IF(oldTable.`key` != NULL, oldTable.`key`, newTable.`key`) AS `key`,
    IF(oldTable.value != NULL, oldTable.value, newTable.value) AS value,
    IF(oldTable.volume AND newTable.volume, oldTable.volume + newTable.volume,
IF(oldTable.volume != NULL, oldTable.volume, newTable.volume)) AS volume
FROM(
    SELECT oldTable.`key`, oldTable.value, oldTable.volume, newTable.`key`, newTable.value, newTable,volume
    FROM newTable FULL OUTER JOIN oldTable ON newTable.`key` = oldTable.`key`;
)alias
)anotherAlias;
Neels
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  • No. This doesn't change anything. Moreover, I can do joins using 'key' without backticks and that works, e.g., SELECT oldTable.key, oldTable.value, oldTable.volume, newTable.key, newTable.value, newTable.volume FROM newTable FULL OUTER JOIN oldTable ON newTable.key = oldTable.key; – gaganbm Mar 20 '14 at 07:53
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Ok. I managed to get this done using the following :

CREATE TABLE joined_table AS SELECT 
IF (newTable.key IS NULL, oldTable.key, newTable.key) as key, 
IF (newTable.value IS NULL, oldTable.value, newTable.value) as value, 
IF(newTable.volume IS NULL, oldTable.volume, 
   IF(oldTable.volume IS NULL, newTable.volume, oldTable.volume + newTable.volume)) as volume 
FROM newTable FULL OUTER JOIN oldTable ON newTable.key = oldTable.key;

I still have to figure out how to update the existing table without creating a new one.

UPDATE

INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE oldTable SELECT ... does the updation to the existing table.

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