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SQL Function Comparison

As GridGain 9 uses the Calcite engine, a number of functions have changed. The majority of functions can be migrated without additional actions, however for some functions additional actions are required.

Changed Functions

The following functions have been changed in GridGain 9. They can be used with minor changes.

GridGain 8 GridGain 9 Comment

DAY_OF_MONTH

DAYOFMONTH

This function was renamed.

DAY_OF_WEEK

DAYOFWEEK

This function was renamed.

DAY_OF_YEAR

DAYOFYEAR

This function was renamed.

IS_JSON value

IS JSON [VALUE]

Function syntax was changed, the behavior is unchanged.

ISNULL

NVL

This function was renamed.

INSTR(a, b)

POSITION (b IN a)

Function name and syntax was changed, the behavior is unchanged.

RANDOM_UUID

RAND_UUID

This function was renamed.

Changed Data Types

GridGain 8 GridGain 9 Comment

BOOLEAN

BOOLEAN

Only true and false values are supported.

Removed Functions

The following functions were removed in GridGain 9. Follow the recommendations below to adapt your code.

GridGain 8 Comment

BITAND

No equivalent is currently available.

BITGET

No equivalent is currently available.

BITOR

No equivalent is currently available.

BITXOR

No equivalent is currently available.

BIT_AND

No equivalent is currently available.

BIT_OR

No equivalent is currently available.

COMPRESS

No equivalent is currently available.

CONVERT

No equivalent is currently available.

CURRENT_TIME

No equivalent is currently available.

DECRYPT

No equivalent is currently available.

ENCRYPT

No equivalent is currently available.

EXPAND

No equivalent is currently available.

FIRSTVALUE

No equivalent is currently available.

FORMATDATETIME

Use CAST (datetimeval AS VARCHAR FORMAT 'format-string') instead.

GROUP_CONCAT

No equivalent is currently available.

JSON_MODIFY

No equivalent is currently available.

LASTVALUE

No equivalent is currently available.

LOG

No equivalent is currently available.

PARSEDATETIME

Use CAST (string AS datetime-type FORMAT 'format-string')

ROUNDMAGIC

No equivalent is currently available.

SECURE_RAND

No equivalent is currently available.

STDDEV_POP

No equivalent is currently available.

STDDEV_SAMP

No equivalent is currently available.

VAR_POP

No equivalent is currently available.

VAR_SAMP

No equivalent is currently available.

ZERO

No equivalent is currently available.

Functions With Direct Equivalent

The following functions have direct equivalent in GridGain 9 and no actions are required to migrate them.

  • ABS

  • ACOS

  • ASCII

  • ASIN

  • ATAN

  • ATAN2

  • AVG

  • CAST

  • CBRT

  • CEIL

  • CEILING

  • CHAR_LENGTH

  • CHR

  • COALESCE

  • CONCAT

  • COS

  • COSH

  • COT

  • COUNT

  • CURRENT_DATE

  • DATEDIFF

  • DAYNAME

  • DECODE

  • DEGREES

  • DIFFERENCE

  • EXP

  • EXTRACT

  • FLOOR

  • FROM_BASE64

  • GREATEST

  • HOUR

  • INITCAP

  • JSON_ARRAY

  • JSON_OBJECT

  • JSON_QUERY

  • JSON_VALUE

  • LEFT

  • LENGTH

  • LN

  • LOG10

  • LOWER

  • LTRIM

  • MAX

  • MD5

  • MIN

  • MINUTE

  • MOD

  • MONTH

  • MONTHNAME

  • NVL

  • OCTET_LENGTH

  • PI

  • POSITION

  • POWER

  • QUARTER

  • RADIANS

  • RAND

  • REPEAT

  • REPLACE

  • REVERSE

  • RIGHT

  • ROUND

  • RTRIM

  • SECOND

  • SHA1

  • SIGN

  • SIN

  • SINH

  • SOUNDEX

  • SPACE

  • SQRT

  • SUBSTR

  • SUBSTRING

  • SUM

  • TAN

  • TANH

  • TIMESTAMPADD

  • TIMESTAMPDIFF

  • TO_BASE64

  • TRANSLATE

  • TRIM

  • TRUNCATE

  • UPPER

  • WEEK

  • YEAR