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To find database size in Netezza

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SELECT ORX.database::nvarchar(64) AS"DatabaseName",
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case when sum(SOD.allocated_bytes)is null then 0
elseSUM(SOD.allocated_bytes)/1073741824end AS "AllocatedSpace_GB"
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FROM _V_SYS_OBJECT_DSLICE_INFO SODINNER JOIN _V_OBJ_RELATION_XDB ORXON
ORX.objid = SOD.tblid
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GROUP BY "DatabaseName"
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ORDER BY "DatabaseName"

-- how-to create a database

CREATE DATABASE DatabaseName

-- how-to rename a database

ALTER DATABASE OldDatabaseName RENAME TO NewDatabaseName

-- how-to create a synomim

CREATE SYNONYM synonym_name FOR DatabaseName.SchemaName.TableName

-- how-to create a table

CREATE TABLE SVOC_OWNER.ExampleTable

ByteIntCol byteint NOT NULL

, SmallIntCol smallint NOT NULL

, IntegerCol integer NOT NULL

, BigIntCol bigint NOT NULL

, NumericPSCol numeric(38,38) NOT NULL

, NumericPCol numeric(38,0) NOT NULL

, NumericCol numeric NOT NULL

, DecimalCol numeric NOT NULL

, RealCol real NOT NULL

, DoubleCol double NOT NULL

, CharCol char(1) NOT NULL

, VarcharCol varchar(1) NOT NULL

, NcharCol nchar(1) NOT NULL

, NvarcharCol nvarchar(1) NOT NULL

, BooleanCol boolean NOT NULL

, DateCol date NOT NULL

, TimeCol time NOT NULL

, TimeTzCol timetz NOT NULL

, TimestampCol timestamp NOT NULL

DISTRIBUTE ON RANDOM

-- how-to copy table

CREATE TABLE NewTable AS SELECT * FROM TableToCopy ;

-- how-to or insert data from non-current db to current db table

INSERT INTO TableName SELECT * FROM DatabaseName..TableName

-- how-to drop a table

DROP TABLE DatabaseName..TableName

-- how-to change the ownership of a table

ALTER TABLE TableName OWNER TO NewOwner

;
-- how-to perform a simple select

SELECT * FROM TableName

WHERE

AND 1=1

AND WhereColumnName = 'WhereCondition'

AND GreaterThanColumnName > 0.0

ORDER BY WhereColumnName

-- how-to delete from table

DELETE FROM TableNameToDeleteFrom

WHERE FilterColumnName = 'FilterValue'

-- how-to call a stored procedure

CALL ProcName ;

EXEC ProcName ;

EXECUTE ProcName ;

-- example stored procedure

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ProcName()

RETURNS INT4 LANGUAGE NZPLSQL AS

BEGIN_PROC

DECLARE

StrVar varchar;

BEGIN

StrVar := 'This string is quoted';

END;

END_PROC

; --END PROC

-- a single line comment

/*
a multi-line comment

*/

-- example proc with parameters

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ProcName (int, varchar(ANY)) RETURNS int

LANGUAGE NZPLSQL AS

BEGIN_PROC

DECLARE

pId ALIAS FOR $1;

pName ALIAS FOR $2;

BEGIN

INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM t2 WHERE id = pId;

END;

END_PROC

-- Control structure

IF movies.genre = 'd' THEN

film_genre := 'drama';

ELSIF movies.genre = 'c' THEN

film_genre := 'comedy';

ELSIF movies.genre = 'a' THEN

film_genre := 'action';

ELSIF movies.genre = 'n' THEN

film_genre := 'narrative';

ELSE

-- An uncategorized genre form has been requested.

film_genre := 'Uncategorized';

END IF;

-- how-to list all stored procedures

SHOW PROCEDURE ALL

;
-- how-to document a stored procedure

COMMENT ON PROCEDURE customer() IS 'Author: bsmith

Version: 1.0 Description: A procedure that writes a customer name to

the database log file.';

-- how-to list all stored procedures

SHOW PROCEDURE ALL

-- how-to document a stored procedure

COMMENT ON PROCEDURE customer() IS 'Author: bsmith

Version: 1.0 Description: A procedure that writes a customer name to

the database log file.';

-- how-to convert date str into nzdate

select to_date(substring(20090731 from 1 for 8),'YYYYMMDD') as NZDATE

-- select top

select a.* from some_schema.some_table a limit 10

-- START how to remove duplicates =================================

CREATE TABLE TmpTableDuplicates as

SELECT col11,col2,col3 from DuplicatesContainingTable

where FilterCol = 'FilterValue'

group by 1,2,3

DELETE FROM DuplicatesContainingTable where FilterCol = 'FilterValue'

INSERT INTO Source_table select * from TmpTableDuplicates

;
DROP TABLE TmpTableDuplicates

-- STOP how to remove duplicates =================================

-- Query to get a list of views and thier definitions in a database:

SELECT VIEWNAME,OWNER,CREATEDATE,DEFINITION FROM _V_VIEW WHERE OBJTYPE='VIEW';

-- Query to get a list of tables in a database:

SELECT TABLENAME,OWNER,CREATEDATE FROM _V_TABLE WHERE OBJTYPE='TABLE';

-- Query to get a list of columns from a table or a view:

SELECT ATTNUM,ATTNAME FROM _V_RELATION_COLUMN WHERE NAME=UPPER('<TABLE NAME>')

ORDER BY ATTNUM ASC;

-- Query to get list of user groups on the box:

SELECT GROUPNAME,OWNER,CREATEDATE,ROWLIMIT,SESSIONTIMEOUT,

QUERYTIMEOUT,DEF_PRIORITY,MAX_PRIORITY FROM _V_GROUP;

-- Query to get list of users and the groups they are in, on the box:

SELECT GROUPNAME,OWNER,USERNAME FROM _V_GROUPUSERS;

-- (Does not give any LDAP users in this query)

--Query to find the number of rows in a table without actually querying the table:

-- (Sometimes needed for some really huge tables of rowcount > 80 Billion)

SELECT RELNAME TABLE_NAME,

CASE

WHEN RELTUPLES < 0

THEN ((2^32) * RELREFS) + ((2^32) + RELTUPLES )

END NUM_ROWS

FROM

_T_CLASS,

_T_OBJECT

WHERE

_T_OBJECT.OBJID=_T_CLASS.OID AND

_T_OBJECT.OBJCLASS=4905 DISPLAY ONLY TABLES

AND RELNAME = UPPER('<TABLE NAME>')

--Query to check if any of the SPU's are running slower than the rest:

-- (This actually gives the read-write speed of each SPU that is online)

SELECT HWID, BYTE_COUNT/TOTAL_MSEC

FROM

_VT_DISK_TIMING

ORDER BY 2;

--- HOW-TO GET THE LIST OF TABLES AND THIER SKEW AND SIZE:

SELECT TABLENAME,OBJTYPE,OWNER,CREATEDATE,USED_BYTES,SKEW

FROM _V_TABLE_ONLY_STORAGE_STAT

WHERE OBJCLASS = 4905 OR OBJCLASS = 4911

ORDER BY TABLENAME;

-- START SELECT INTO

INSERT INTO DatabaseNameTarget.SchemaNameTarget.TableNameTarget

SELECT ColumnName1 , ColumnName2

FROM DatabaseNameSource.SchemaNameSource.TableNameSource

-- STOP SELECT INTO

delete from TableWithDuplicates

where rowid not in

select min(rowid) from TableWithDuplicates

group by (DuplicateDefiningCol1 , DuplicateDefiningCol2 , DuplicateDefiningCol3)

);

-- _V_USER : The user view gives information about the users in the netezza system.

select * from _v_user;

-- _V_TABLE: The table view contains the list of tables created in the netezza
performance system.

select * from _v_table;

-- _V_RELATION_COLUMN: The relation column system catalog view contains the columns
available in a table.

select * from _v_relation_column;

-- _V_TABLE_INDEX: This system catalog contains the information about the indexes
created on table. netezza does not support creating indexes on a table as of now.

select * from _v_table_index;

-- _V_OBJECTS: Lists the different objects like tables, view, functions etc
available in the netezza.

select * from _v_objects;

-- what is running currently

select * from _v_qrystat;

-- what has been running lately

-- Use \dt in nzsql session to get the list tables

/*

\dv to get list of views

\dmv - list of materialized views

\l - list of databases

\dg - list of groups

\du - list of users

\dpu - permissions set to a user

\dT - list of datatypes

\d <tablename> - describes the table

\act - show current active sessions

\d - describe table(or view,sequence)

\dt , \dv , \ds , \de - list tables,views,sequences,temp tables

\dSt , \dSv - list system tables and views

\df - list functions

\l - list databases

\dT - list data types

\du - list users

\dg - list groups

\dpu - list permissions granted to a user

\dpg - list permissions granged to a group