CREATE ANALYTIC FUNCTION

Adds a user-defined analytic function (UDAnF) to the catalog. The library containing the function must have been previously added using CREATE LIBRARY.

CREATE ANALYTIC FUNCTION automatically determines the function parameters and return value from data supplied by the factory class. Vertica supports overloading analytic functions. When you call the SQL function, Vertica passes the input table to the function in the library to process.

Syntax

CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] ANALYTIC FUNCTION [ IF NOT EXISTS ]
    [[database.]schema.]function AS
    [ LANGUAGE 'language' ]
    NAME 'factory'
    LIBRARY library
    [ FENCED | NOT FENCED ]

Arguments

OR REPLACE

If a function with the same name and arguments exists, replace it. You can use this to change between fenced and unfenced modes, for example. If you do not use this directive and the function already exists, the CREATE statement returns with a rollback error.

OR REPLACE and IF NOT EXISTS are mutually exclusive.

IF NOT EXISTS

If a function with the same name and arguments exists, return without creating the function.

OR REPLACE and IF NOT EXISTS are mutually exclusive.

[database.]schema

Database and schema. The default schema is public. If you specify a database, it must be the current database.

*function*

Name of the function to create. This is the name used in SQL invocations of the function. It does not need to match the name of the factory, but it is less confusing if they are the same or similar.

The function name must conform to the restrictions on Identifiers.

LANGUAGE 'language'

Language used to develop this function, one of the following:

• C++ (default)

• Java

NAME 'factory'

Name of the factory class that generates the function instance.

LIBRARY library

Name of the library that contains the function. This library must already be loaded by CREATE LIBRARY.

FENCED | NOT FENCED

Enables or disables fenced mode for this function.

Default: FENCED

Privileges

Non-superuser:

• CREATE privilege on the function's schema

• USAGE privilege on the function's library

Examples

This example creates an analytic function named an_rank based on the factory class named RankFactory in the AnalyticFunctions library:

=> CREATE ANALYTIC FUNCTION an_rank AS LANGUAGE 'C++'
   NAME 'RankFactory' LIBRARY AnalyticFunctions;

See also