any_value

Description

Obtains an arbitrary row from each aggregated group. You can use this function to optimize a query that has a GROUP BY clause.

Syntax

ANY_VALUE(expr)

Parameters

expr: the expression that gets aggregated. Since v3.2, expr can evaluate to ARRAY, MAP, and STRUCT.

Return value

Returns an arbitrary row from each aggregated group. The return value is non-deterministic.

Examples

Create a table t0 and insert data into this table.

CREATE TABLE t0(
  a INT,
  b BIGINT,
  c SMALLINT,
  d ARRAY<INT>,
  e JSON
)
DUPLICATE KEY(a)
DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(a);

INSERT INTO t0 VALUES
(1, 1, 1, [2,3,4],parse_json('{"a":1, "b":true}')),
(1, 2, 1, [2,3,5],parse_json('{"a":2, "b":true}')),
(2, 1, 1, [2,3,6],parse_json('{"a":3, "b":true}')),
(2, 2, 2, [2,4,5],parse_json('{"a":4, "b":false}')),
(3, 1, 1, [3,3,5],parse_json('{"a":5, "b":false}'));

mysql> select * from t0 order by a;
+------+------+------+---------+----------------------+
| a    | b    | c    | d       | e                    |
+------+------+------+---------+----------------------+
|    1 |    1 |    1 | [2,3,4] | {"a": 1, "b": true}  | 
|    1 |    2 |    1 | [2,3,5] | {"a": 2, "b": true}  | 
|    2 |    1 |    1 | [2,3,6] | {"a": 3, "b": true}  | 
|    2 |    2 |    2 | [2,4,5] | {"a": 4, "b": false} | 
|    3 |    1 |    1 | [3,3,5] | {"a": 5, "b": false} | 
+------+------+------+---------+----------------------+
5 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Use any_value for data query. For a = 1 and a = 2, an arbitrary row is returned for b.

mysql> select a,any_value(b),sum(c) from t0 group by a;
+------+----------------+----------+
| a    | any_value(`b`) | sum(`c`) |
+------+----------------+----------+
|    1 |              1 |        2 |
|    2 |              1 |        3 |
|    3 |              1 |        1 |
+------+----------------+----------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)