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Lesson 11 Twitter Nested SQL

The document describes creating a database and table called SOCIAL_MEDIA_FLOODGATES.TWEET_INGEST to store tweets from a JSON file called nutrition_tweets.json. It then performs various SELECT queries on the table to explore the tweet data, extract hashtags, cast columns to different data types, and flatten the JSON structure.

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Lesson 11 Twitter Nested SQL

The document describes creating a database and table called SOCIAL_MEDIA_FLOODGATES.TWEET_INGEST to store tweets from a JSON file called nutrition_tweets.json. It then performs various SELECT queries on the table to explore the tweet data, extract hashtags, cast columns to different data types, and flatten the JSON structure.

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//Create a new database to hold the Twitter file

CREATE DATABASE SOCIAL_MEDIA_FLOODGATES


COMMENT = 'There\'s so much data from social media - flood warning';

USE DATABASE SOCIAL_MEDIA_FLOODGATES;

//Create a table in the new database


CREATE TABLE "SOCIAL_MEDIA_FLOODGATES"."PUBLIC"."TWEET_INGEST"
("RAW_STATUS" VARIANT)
COMMENT = 'Bring in tweets, one row per tweet or status entity';

//Create a JSON file format in the new database


CREATE FILE FORMAT "SOCIAL_MEDIA_FLOODGATES"."PUBLIC".JSON_FILE_FORMAT
TYPE = 'JSON'
COMPRESSION = 'AUTO'
ENABLE_OCTAL = FALSE
ALLOW_DUPLICATE = FALSE
STRIP_OUTER_ARRAY = TRUE
STRIP_NULL_VALUES = FALSE
IGNORE_UTF8_ERRORS = FALSE;

//Navigate to the Database Area, locate your new database and table
//load the file nutrition_tweets.json into the NESTED_INGEST_JSON table

//After loading the file, come back to this worksheet and run the
//select statements as seen in the video
SELECT RAW_STATUS
FROM TWEET_INGEST;

SELECT RAW_STATUS:entities
FROM TWEET_INGEST;

SELECT RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags
FROM TWEET_INGEST;

//Explore looking at specific hashtags by adding bracketed numbers


//This query returns just the first hashtag in each tweet
SELECT RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags[0].text
FROM TWEET_INGEST;

//This version adds a WHERE clause to get rid of any tweet that
//doesn't include any hashtags
SELECT RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags[0].text
FROM TWEET_INGEST
WHERE RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags[0].text is not null;

//Perform a simple CAST on the created_at key


//Add an ORDER BY clause to sort by the tweet's creation date
SELECT RAW_STATUS:created_at::DATE
FROM TWEET_INGEST
ORDER BY RAW_STATUS:created_at::DATE;

//Flatten statements that return the whole hashtag entity


SELECT value
FROM TWEET_INGEST
,LATERAL FLATTEN
(input => RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags);

SELECT value
FROM TWEET_INGEST
,TABLE(FLATTEN(RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags));

//Flatten statement that restricts the value to just the TEXT of the hashtag
SELECT value:text
FROM TWEET_INGEST
,LATERAL FLATTEN
(input => RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags);

//Flatten and return just the hashtag text, CAST the text as VARCHAR
SELECT value:text::VARCHAR
FROM TWEET_INGEST
,LATERAL FLATTEN
(input => RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags);

//Flatten and return just the hashtag text, CAST the text as VARCHAR
// Use the AS command to name the column
SELECT value:text::VARCHAR AS THE_HASHTAG
FROM TWEET_INGEST
,LATERAL FLATTEN
(input => RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags);

//Add the Tweet ID and User ID to the returned table


SELECT RAW_STATUS:user:id AS USER_ID
,RAW_STATUS:id AS TWEET_ID
,value:text::VARCHAR AS HASHTAG_TEXT
FROM TWEET_INGEST
,LATERAL FLATTEN
(input => RAW_STATUS:entities:hashtags);

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