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RE: Finding maximum across a rowJohn Morrison 2013-03-01, 17:50
Seems like you would want the results as:
7 3 Here is one way to get the maximum value for a collection of columns with a case statement. (this not done in Hive but hive case statements should work same way) ## data in table xyz select * from xyz ; c1 | c2 | c3 ----+----+---- 2 | 1 | 3 3 | 2 | 1 1 | 2 | 3 (3 rows) ## Use case statements select case when (c1 > c2) and (c1 > c3 ) then c1 when (c2 > c1) and (c2 > c3 ) then c2 else c3 end max_col from xyz ; ## results max_col --------- 3 3 3 (3 rows) From: Sachin Sudarshana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Finding maximum across a row Hi, Is there any function/method to find the maximum across a row in hive? Suppose i have a table like this: ColA ColB ColC 2 5 7 3 2 1 I want the function to return 7 1 Its urgently required. Any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Thanks and Regards, Sachin Sudarshana |