SAP IQ (formerly Sybase IQ) is a column-based RDBMS used for business intelligence, data warehousing, and data marts. Produced by Sybase, an SAP company, its primary function is to analyze large amounts of data in a low-cost, high-availability environment.
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Syntax error when selecting column 'Comment' in Sybase IQ
I have a table A with some columns in Sybase IQ. One of the columns is named "Comment".
Whenever I select that column:
select Comment from A
I got the error:
[Error Code: 102, SQL State: 42W04] SQL Anywhere Error -131: Syntax error near…

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HDP to SAP Sybase IQ ETL
If I have ingest data from Hortonworks data platform to SAP Sybase IQ and vice versa, which is the best ETL tool suited for this scenario ? Can SAP data services support this functionality?

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Sqoop Import - Query must contain '$CONDITIONS' in where clause
sqoop import --connect 'jdbc:sybase:Tds:10.100.*.***:5500/DATABASE=****' --driver 'com.sybase.jdbc3.jdbc.SybDriver' --username "keswara" --password "****" --target-dir "/user/keswara/WT_CONSUMERSTATS" --verbose --query "select c.YEARMONTH as…

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Sqoop import from SybaseIQ to Hive - java.io.IOException: SQLException in nextKeyValue
When I am trying to import a table to Hive, I am getting a strange error.
Query:
sqoop import --connect 'jdbc:sybase:Tds:10.100.*.***:5500/DATABASE=****' --driver 'com.sybase.jdbc3.jdbc.SybDriver' --username "****" --password "***" --table…

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Possible "limit n/select top n" limitation within subquery workaround
I have the following case (the example I am demonstrating is on a dummy domain because for NDA reasons etc.).
I have access to a production DB holding student data in the following shape:
Student_ID Course_Name Total_Average_Grade
1 Maths…

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Could not find function in dynamic library 'libudfex.so'
Accroding to IQ' udf guide,
create udf procedure as below:
Declare the UDF to the server by using the CREATE FUNCTION or CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION
Write the UDF library identification function
Define the UDF as a set of C or C++…

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LOAD TABLE statement with NULLable dates
I m looking to do a batch load into a table, called temp_data, where some of the columns are NULLable dates.
Here is what I have till now:
LOAD TABLE some.temp_data
(SomeIntegerColumn ',', SomeDateColumn DATE('YYYYMMDD') NULL('NULL'), FILLER(1),…

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Sybase IQ - Splitting comma separated values in a column into rows
I see other solutions on here regarding splitting data values into rows but so far none of them work on Sybase IQ - either because it's not supported or I don't have the proper access to create procedures. I can do this very easily in Java but…

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NOT IN is not working in sybase?
I have two table lets say Table1 and Table2
and both table have a column Name and ID
I want to fetch all the name from Table2 which is not in Table1
I have written below query :
Select Name,ID FROM Table2 t2 WHERE t2.Name NOT IN (Select t1.Name FROM…

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Capping Running Total
I have a field A and would want to calculate field B as follows:
B is a running total of A. Every time the running total goes over 900, B should restart its running total from 0 in the next row, as shown:
A B
37 37
427 464
17101 …

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sqoop export from hive/hdfs to sybase IQ database
I am trying to export data from HDFS/HIVE to SYBASE IQ database, I have tried with almost all the tags possible to implement into my command and created temporary table with just 1 column.
Please find the command line below which I am using to…

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@SqlQuery throws org.skife.jdbi.v2.exceptions.UnableToExecuteStatementException: java.sql.SQLException: SQL Anywhere Error -131
When I execute :
@SqlQuery("select A.field1, A.field2, C.field3, C.field4, C.field5 from "
+ "table1 A, table2 B, table3 C WHERE A.field2 >= '1500' AND A.field2 < '9500' "
+ "AND A.field1 NOT IN (SELECT field1 FROM table4) AND A.field1 =…

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Sybase datediff produces "data conversion not possible" error
I am trying to calculate age as of a given YYYYMMDD date (2013-12-13) using an unsigned integer YYYYMMDD date of birth variable (dob) from a Sybase IQ 15.4 database (setdata). It isn't my database and I have no control over how the data are stored.…

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Performance issue on using scalar UDFs , SQL, sybase iq
I've a performance issue with using Scalar User Defined Functions(UDF) in queries.
There is a UDF fn_get(i int) which returns a scalar.. It holds lot of logic and performs normal scalar operations..
Actually
SELECT *,fn_get(i) FROM #temp1;
is…

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Bulk load to HDFS from sybase database
I need to load data from sybase(production database) to HDFS. By using sqoop it is taking very long time and frequently hit the production database. So, I am thinking to create data files from sybase dump and after that copy the data files to hdfs.…

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