U-SQL data types

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U-SQL data types

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January 12, 2017 at 8:32 pm

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BillLudlow SSCertifiable Points: 6553 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:32 PM
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Tricky one that, with the inclusion of JSON, forced me to think this early in the morning.

Louisa Whitton SSCrazy Points: 2577 More actions · Answer 2

Will ARRAY ever be added to T-SQL?
Who would like to see it added?

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 3

I saw the "Select 2" after submitting my answer. :unsure:

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martin.whitton - Friday, January 13, 2017 3:57 AM
Will ARRAY ever be added to T-SQL?
Who would like to see it added?

Why? I don't see any benefit to ARRAY over a properly defined parent-child relationship.
If you don't want to take the time to construct a normalized database structure, you can already implement the features of ARRAY with XML or JSON data.

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Luis Cazares - Friday, January 13, 2017 7:30 AM
I saw the "Select 2" after submitting my answer. :unsure:

Ugh, me too. :pinch::doze:

Louisa Whitton SSCrazy Points: 2577 More actions · Answer 6

I'm inclined to agree with you, but I asked the question because ARRAY is in the ANSI SQL standard.
The following quote comes from SQL:1999 , formerly known as SQL3 :

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 7

I've never used U-SQL, so I used the logic of what's not in T-SQL.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 8

sknox - Friday, January 13, 2017 7:34 AM
martin.whitton - Friday, January 13, 2017 3:57 AM
Will ARRAY ever be added to T-SQL?
Who would like to see it added?
Why? I don't see any benefit to ARRAY over a properly defined parent-child relationship.
If you don't want to take the time to construct a normalized database structure, you can already implement the features of ARRAY with XML or JSON data.

Or a table - temp or otherwise.

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Ed Wagner - Friday, January 13, 2017 9:23 AM
I've never used U-SQL, so I used the logic of what's not in T-SQL.

Neither have I, but:
As there are 3 not in T-SQL, that gives you only 2 chances in 3 or getting it right. So I decided to see which of those 3 was not in U-SQL. Nice safe aproach.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

I found this one helpful in that I am a noob with U-SQL. Thanks for the lesson.

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