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chsql

ClickHouse SQL Macros for DuckDB

Installing and Loading

INSTALL chsql FROM community;
LOAD chsql;

Example

-- Use ClickHouse SQL function macros in DuckDB SQL queries
SELECT toString('world') AS hello, toInt8OrZero('world') AS zero;

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β”‚  hello  β”‚ zero  β”‚
β”‚ varchar β”‚ int64 β”‚
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β”‚ world   β”‚     0 β”‚
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SELECT IPv4NumToString(167772161), IPv4StringToNum('10.0.0.1');
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β”‚ ipv4numtostring(167772161) β”‚ ipv4stringtonum('10.0.0.1') β”‚
β”‚          varchar           β”‚            int32            β”‚
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β”‚ 10.0.0.1                   β”‚                   167772161 β”‚
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-- Query a remote ClickHouse instance via HTTP/S API
SELECT * FROM ch_scan("SELECT number * 100 FROM numbers(3)","https://play.clickhouse.com");
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β”‚ multiply(number, 100) β”‚
β”‚        varchar        β”‚
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β”‚ 0                     β”‚
β”‚ 100                   β”‚
β”‚ 200                   β”‚
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About chsql

This extension implements a growing number of ClickHouse SQL Macros and functions for DuckDB.

Added Functions

function_name function_type description comment example
IPv4NumToString macro Cast IPv4 address from numeric to string format Β  SELECT IPv4NumToString(2130706433);
IPv4StringToNum macro Cast IPv4 address from string to numeric format Β  SELECT IPv4StringToNum('127.0.0.1');
arrayExists macro Check if any element of the array satisfies the condition Β  SELECT arrayExists(x -> x = 1, [1, 2, 3]);
arrayJoin macro Unroll an array into multiple rows Β  SELECT arrayJoin([1, 2, 3]);
arrayMap macro Applies a function to each element of an array Β  SELECT arrayMap(x -> x + 1, [1, 2, 3]);
bitCount macro Counts the number of set bits in an integer Β  SELECT bitCount(15);
domain macro Extracts the domain from a URL Β  SELECT domain('https://clickhouse.com/docs');
extractAllGroups macro Extracts all matching groups from a string using a regular expression Β  SELECT extractAllGroups('(\d+)', 'abc123');
formatDateTime macro Formats a DateTime value into a string Β  SELECT formatDateTime(now(), '%Y-%m-%d');
generateUUIDv4 macro Generate a UUID v4 value Β  SELECT generateUUIDv4();
ifNull macro Returns the first argument if not NULL, otherwise the second Β  SELECT ifNull(NULL, 'default');
intDiv macro Performs integer division Β  SELECT intDiv(10, 3);
intDivOZero macro Performs integer division but returns zero instead of throwing an error for division by zero Β  SELECT intDivOZero(10, 0);
intDivOrNull macro Performs integer division but returns NULL instead of throwing an error for division by zero Β  SELECT intDivOrNull(10, 0);
leftPad macro Pads a string on the left to a specified length Β  SELECT leftPad('abc', 5, '*');
lengthUTF8 macro Returns the length of a string in UTF-8 characters Β  SELECT lengthUTF8('ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠ²Π΅Ρ‚');
match macro Performs a regular expression match on a string Β  SELECT match('abc123', '\d+');
minus macro Performs subtraction of two numbers Β  SELECT minus(5, 3);
modulo macro Calculates the remainder of division (modulus) Β  SELECT modulo(10, 3);
moduloOrZero macro Calculates modulus but returns zero instead of error on division by zero Β  SELECT moduloOrZero(10, 0);
notEmpty macro Check if a string is not empty Β  SELECT notEmpty('abc');
numbers table_macro Generates a sequence of numbers starting from 0 Returns a table with a single column (UInt64) SELECT * FROM numbers(10);
parseURL macro Extracts parts of a URL Β  SELECT parseURL('https://clickhouse.com', 'host');
path macro Extracts the path from a URL Β  SELECT path('https://clickhouse.com/docs');
plus macro Performs addition of two numbers Β  SELECT plus(5, 3);
protocol macro Extracts the protocol from a URL Β  SELECT protocol('https://clickhouse.com');
read_parquet_mergetree table Merge parquet files using a primary sorting key for fast range queries experimental COPY (SELECT * FROM read_parquet_mergetree(['/folder/*.parquet'], 'sortkey') TO 'sorted.parquet';
rightPad macro Pads a string on the right to a specified length Β  SELECT rightPad('abc', 5, '*');
splitByChar macro Splits a string by a given character Β  SELECT splitByChar(',', 'a,b,c');
toDayOfMonth macro Extracts the day of the month from a date Β  SELECT toDayOfMonth('2023-09-10');
toFixedString macro Converts a value to a fixed-length string Β  SELECT toFixedString('abc', 5);
toFloatOrNull macro Converts a value to float or returns NULL if the conversion fails Β  SELECT toFloatOrNull('abc');
toFloatOrZero macro Converts a value to float or returns zero if the conversion fails Β  SELECT toFloatOrZero('abc');
toHour macro Extracts the hour from a DateTime value Β  SELECT toHour(now());
toInt128 macro Converts a value to a 128-bit integer Β  SELECT toInt128('123456789012345678901234567890');
toInt16 macro Converts a value to a 16-bit integer Β  SELECT toInt16('123');
toInt16OrNull macro Converts to a 16-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toInt16OrNull('abc');
toInt16OrZero macro Converts to a 16-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toInt16OrZero('abc');
toInt256 macro Converts a value to a 256-bit integer Β  SELECT toInt256('12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890');
toInt256OrNull macro Converts to a 256-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toInt256OrNull('abc');
toInt256OrZero macro Converts to a 256-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toInt256OrZero('abc');
toInt32 macro Converts a value to a 32-bit integer Β  SELECT toInt32('123');
toInt32OrNull macro Converts to a 32-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toInt32OrNull('abc');
toInt32OrZero macro Converts to a 32-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toInt32OrZero('abc');
toInt64 macro Converts a value to a 64-bit integer Β  SELECT toInt64('123');
toInt64OrNull macro Converts to a 64-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toInt64OrNull('abc');
toInt64OrZero macro Converts to a 64-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toInt64OrZero('abc');
toInt8 macro Converts a value to an 8-bit integer Β  SELECT toInt8('123');
toInt8OrNull macro Converts to an 8-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toInt8OrNull('abc');
toInt8OrZero macro Converts to an 8-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toInt8OrZero('abc');
toMinute macro Extracts the minute from a DateTime value Β  SELECT toMinute(now());
toMonth macro Extracts the month from a Date value Β  SELECT toMonth('2023-09-10');
toSecond macro Extracts the second from a DateTime value Β  SELECT toSecond(now());
toString macro Converts a value to a string Β  SELECT toString(123);
toUInt16 macro Converts a value to an unsigned 16-bit integer Β  SELECT toUInt16('123');
toUInt16OrNull macro Converts to an unsigned 16-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toUInt16OrNull('abc');
toUInt16OrZero macro Converts to an unsigned 16-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toUInt16OrZero('abc');
toUInt32 macro Converts a value to an unsigned 32-bit integer Β  SELECT toUInt32('123');
toUInt32OrNull macro Converts to an unsigned 32-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toUInt32OrNull('abc');
toUInt32OrZero macro Converts to an unsigned 32-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toUInt32OrZero('abc');
toUInt64 macro Converts a value to an unsigned 64-bit integer Β  SELECT toUInt64('123');
toUInt64OrNull macro Converts to an unsigned 64-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toUInt64OrNull('abc');
toUInt64OrZero macro Converts to an unsigned 64-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toUInt64OrZero('abc');
toUInt8OrNull macro Converts to an unsigned 8-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toUInt8OrNull('abc');
toUInt8OrZero macro Converts to an unsigned 8-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toUInt8OrZero('abc');
toYYYYMM macro Formats a Date to 'YYYYMM' string format Β  SELECT toYYYYMM('2023-09-10');
toYYYYMMDD macro Formats a Date to 'YYYYMMDD' string format Β  SELECT toYYYYMMDD('2023-09-10');
toYYYYMMDDhhmmss macro Formats a DateTime to 'YYYYMMDDhhmmss' string format Β  SELECT toYYYYMMDDhhmmss(now());
toYear macro Extracts the year from a Date or DateTime value Β  SELECT toYear('2023-09-10');
topLevelDomain macro Extracts the top-level domain (TLD) from a URL Β  SELECT topLevelDomain('https://example.com');
tupleConcat macro Concatenates two tuples into one tuple Β  SELECT tupleConcat((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'));
tupleDivide macro Performs element-wise division between two tuples Β  SELECT tupleDivide((10, 20), (2, 5));
tupleDivideByNumber macro Divides each element of a tuple by a number Β  SELECT tupleDivideByNumber((10, 20), 2);
tupleIntDiv macro Performs element-wise integer division between two tuples Β  SELECT tupleIntDiv((10, 20), (3, 4));
tupleIntDivByNumber macro Performs integer division of each element of a tuple by a number Β  SELECT tupleIntDivByNumber((10, 20), 3);
tupleMinus macro Performs element-wise subtraction between two tuples Β  SELECT tupleMinus((10, 20), (5, 3));
tupleModulo macro Performs element-wise modulus between two tuples Β  SELECT tupleModulo((10, 20), (3, 6));
tupleModuloByNumber macro Calculates the modulus of each element of a tuple by a number Β  SELECT tupleModuloByNumber((10, 20), 3);
tupleMultiply macro Performs element-wise multiplication between two tuples Β  SELECT tupleMultiply((10, 20), (2, 5));
tupleMultiplyByNumber macro Multiplies each element of a tuple by a number Β  SELECT tupleMultiplyByNumber((10, 20), 3);
tuplePlus macro Performs element-wise addition between two tuples Β  SELECT tuplePlus((1, 2), (3, 4));
url table_macro Performs queries against remote URLs using the specified format Supports JSON, CSV, PARQUET, TEXT, BLOB SELECT url('https://urleng.com/test','JSON');
ch_scan table_macro Query a remote ClickHouse server using HTTP/s API Returns the query results SELECT * FROM ch_scan('SELECT version()','https://play.clickhouse.com');;
empty macro Check if a string is empty Β  SELECT empty('');
toFloat macro Converts a value to a float Β  SELECT toFloat('123.45');
toInt128OrNull macro Converts to a 128-bit integer or returns NULL on failure Β  SELECT toInt128OrNull('abc');
toInt128OrZero macro Converts to a 128-bit integer or returns zero on failure Β  SELECT toInt128OrZero('abc');
toUInt8 macro Converts a value to an unsigned 8-bit integer Β  SELECT toUInt8('123');
chsql_openssl_version scalar Β  Β  Β 
chsql scalar Β  Β  Β