I can never remember which animal sign is used to represent the new year, so I created a simple function in Vertica to remind me!
Example:
dbadmin=> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION chinese_zodiac_animal (x INT) RETURN VARCHAR(7)
dbadmin-> AS
dbadmin-> BEGIN
dbadmin-> RETURN SPLIT_PART('Rat,Ox,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Sheep,Monkey,Rooster,Dog,Pig', ',', (((x-4)%12)::INT)+1);
dbadmin-> END;
CREATE FUNCTION
dbadmin=> SELECT chinese_zodiac_animal(2019) "HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!";
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!
----------------------------
Pig
(1 row)
dbadmin=> SELECT chinese_zodiac_animal(2005) "Vertica was founded in the Year of the...";
Vertica was founded in the Year of the...
-------------------------------------------
Rooster
(1 row)
Helpful Links:https://www.vertica.com/docs/latest/HTML/Content/Authoring/SQLReferenceManual/Statements/CREATEFUNCTIONSQLFunctions.htm
https://www.vertica.com/docs/latest/HTML/Content/Authoring/SQLReferenceManual/Functions/String/SPLIT_PART.htm
Have fun!
About the Author
James Knicely
Vertica Field Chief Technologist
I've had the privilege of working with many database technologies in my career. But after being introduced to Vertica in May of 2011 as a client, I was hooked on the new technology after witnessing a query run in milliseconds that had previously ran for hours on the legacy database we had in place. It was then that I knew I wanted to eventually join the Vertica team, and 4 years later I did! I am currently a Vertica evangelist and am ready to help you get on board! Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you have about Vertica and make sure to follow my Vertica Quick Tips!
