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first_value
It is an alias for any
but it was introduced for compatibility with Window Functions, where sometimes it's necessary to process NULL
values (by default all ClickHouse aggregate functions ignore NULL values).
It supports declaring a modifier to respect nulls (RESPECT NULLS
), both under Window Functions and in normal aggregations.
As with any
, without Window Functions the result will be random if the source stream is not ordered and the return type
matches the input type (Null is only returned if the input is Nullable or -OrNull combinator is added).
examples
CREATE TABLE test_data
(
a Int64,
b Nullable(Int64)
)
ENGINE = Memory;
INSERT INTO test_data (a, b) Values (1,null), (2,3), (4, 5), (6,null);
example1
By default, the NULL value is ignored.
select first_value(b) from test_data;
┌─any(b)─┐
│ 3 │
└────────┘
example2
The NULL value is ignored.
select first_value(b) ignore nulls from test_data
┌─any(b) IGNORE NULLS ─┐
│ 3 │
└──────────────────────┘
example3
The NULL value is accepted.
select first_value(b) respect nulls from test_data
┌─any(b) RESPECT NULLS ─┐
│ ᴺᵁᴸᴸ │
└───────────────────────┘
example4
Stabilized result using the sub-query with ORDER BY
.
SELECT
first_value_respect_nulls(b),
first_value(b)
FROM
(
SELECT *
FROM test_data
ORDER BY a ASC
)
┌─any_respect_nulls(b)─┬─any(b)─┐
│ ᴺᵁᴸᴸ │ 3 │
└──────────────────────┴────────┘