struct_element

struct_element

description

Function allows getting a field from a struct.

Syntax

  1. struct_element(struct, n/s)

Arguments

  1. struct - The input struct column. If null, null will be returned.
  2. n - The position of field，starting from 1，only supports constants.
  3. s - The name of field，only supports constants.

Returned value

Returns the specified field column, of any type.

example

  1. mysql> select struct_element(named_struct('f1', 1, 'f2', 'a'), 'f2');
  2. +--------------------------------------------------------+
  3. | struct_element(named_struct('f1', 1, 'f2', 'a'), 'f2') |
  4. +--------------------------------------------------------+
  5. | a                                                      |
  6. +--------------------------------------------------------+
  7. 1 row in set (0.03 sec)
  9. mysql> select struct_element(named_struct('f1', 1, 'f2', 'a'), 1);
  10. +-----------------------------------------------------+
  11. | struct_element(named_struct('f1', 1, 'f2', 'a'), 1) |
  12. +-----------------------------------------------------+
  13. |                                                   1 |
  14. +-----------------------------------------------------+
  15. 1 row in set (0.02 sec)
  17. mysql> select struct_col, struct_element(struct_col, 'f1') from test_struct;
  18. +-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
  19. | struct_col                                      | struct_element(`struct_col `, 'f1') |
  20. +-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
  21. | {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}                                 |                                   1 |
  22. | {1, 1000, 10000000, 100000000000, 100000000000} |                                   1 |
  23. | {5, 4, 3, 2, 1}                                 |                                   5 |
  24. | NULL                                            |                                NULL |
  25. | {1, NULL, 3, NULL, 5}                           |                                   1 |
  26. +-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
  27. 9 rows in set (0.01 sec)

keywords

STRUCT, ELEMENT, STRUCT_ELEMENT