When SQL Meets Lambda Expressions

ARRAY types are a part of the ISO/IEC 9075 SQL standard. The standard specifies how to: Construct arrays Nest data into arrays (e.g. by means of aggregation or subqueries) Unnest data from arrays into tables But it is very unopinionated when it comes to function support. The ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023(E) 6.47 <array value expression> specifies concatenation … Continue reading When SQL Meets Lambda Expressions

How to Run a Bulk INSERT .. RETURNING Statement With Oracle and JDBC

When inserting records into SQL databases, we often want to fetch back generated IDs and possibly other trigger, sequence, or default generated values. Let's assume we have the following table: -- DB2 CREATE TABLE x ( i INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, j VARCHAR(50), k DATE DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE ); -- PostgreSQL CREATE TABLE … Continue reading How to Run a Bulk INSERT .. RETURNING Statement With Oracle and JDBC