A sample statement shows how you can conditionally insert existing data in Hive tables
using the ACID MERGE statement. Additional merge operations are mentioned.
The MERGE statement is based on ANSI-standard
SQL.
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Construct a query to update the customers' names and states in customer table to match
the names and states of customers having the same IDs in the new_customer_stage table.
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Enhance the query to insert data from new_customer_stage table into the customer table if none already exists.
Update or delete data using MERGE in a similar manner.
MERGE INTO customer USING (SELECT * FROM new_customer_stage) sub ON sub.id = customer.id
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET name = sub.name, state = sub.new_state
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT VALUES (sub.id, sub.name, sub.state);
