Vertica SQL: Disregard rows, based on two conditions - sql

Question

I need a where condition that considers to following for an entire table:
If a 0 exists for an ID (in column d) then exclude everything that is >0, if 0 does not exist, but exists a row where d = a then exclude everything before that..
In Example (Case 1) I want to disregard rows 1 & 2, in Example 2 (Case 2) I want to disregard rows 1,2,& 3.
Currenty I have: where d <= 0 or d = a) but in Case 1 this also returns row nr 2, which I do not want.
row nr
ID
d
a
1
1
180
78
2
1
78
78
3
1
0
78
4
1
-67
78
5
1
-121
78
row nr
ID
d
a
1
2
180
148
2
2
171
148
3
2
170
148
4
2
148
148
5
2
-67
148
6
2
-121
148

Answer 1

This becomes a bit more complex to do than what you expected. You will have to involve a nested query with an OLAP function to detect that each row in a partition ( defined by the value of id) belongs to a partition of which at least one row has a value of 0 for d, and then, outside of that nested query, filter for that fact, and the value of d being 0 or greater. That's case 1.
In the other case, you use the same nested query to ascertain that you use only rows with no row with a value of 0 for d in the partition, and from there, the easiest way is to use Vertica's MATCH() clause to filter out the pattern of rows that consists of : a row with a d equal to a; zero, one or more occurrences of any row following, which I describe, in the query, with the pattern: (d_equal_a anyrow*) .
Here goes:
WITH
-- YOUR INPUT, don't use in query
indata(row_nr,ID,d,a) AS (
SELECT 1,1,180,78
UNION ALL SELECT 2,1,78,78
UNION ALL SELECT 3,1,0,78
UNION ALL SELECT 4,1,-67,78
UNION ALL SELECT 5,1,-121,78
UNION ALL SELECT 1,2,180,148
UNION ALL SELECT 2,2,171,148
UNION ALL SELECT 3,2,170,148
UNION ALL SELECT 4,2,148,148
UNION ALL SELECT 5,2,-67,148
UNION ALL SELECT 6,2,-121,148
)
-- end of your input, real query starts here, replace following comma with "WITH"
,
min_abs_d_eq_0 AS (
-- nested query with OLAP expression returning Boolean
SELECT
*
, (MIN(ABS(d)) OVER (PARTITION BY id) = 0) AS min_abs_d_eq_0
FROM indata
)
,
case1 AS (
SELECT
row_nr
, id
, d
, a
, 'no match clause' AS event_name -- these are based on the
, 0 AS pattern_id -- MATCH clause coming from
, 0 AS match_id -- the next CTE, "case2"
FROM min_abs_d_eq_0
WHERE min_abs_d_eq_0 AND d <= 0
)
,
case2 AS (
SELECT
row_nr
, id
, d
, a
, event_name()
, pattern_id()
, match_id()
FROM min_abs_d_eq_0
WHERE NOT min_abs_d_eq_0
MATCH (
PARTITION BY id ORDER BY row_nr
DEFINE
d_equal_a AS d = a
, anyrow AS true
PATTERN p AS (d_equal_a anyrow*)
)
)
SELECT * FROM case1
UNION ALL
SELECT * FROM case2
ORDER BY id,row_nr;
-- out row_nr | id | d | a | event_name | pattern_id | match_id
-- out --------+----+------+-----+-----------------+------------+----------
-- out 3 | 1 | 0 | 78 | no match clause | 0 | 0
-- out 4 | 1 | -67 | 78 | no match clause | 0 | 0
-- out 5 | 1 | -121 | 78 | no match clause | 0 | 0
-- out 4 | 2 | 148 | 148 | d_equal_a | 1 | 1
-- out 5 | 2 | -67 | 148 | anyrow | 1 | 2
-- out 6 | 2 | -121 | 148 | anyrow | 1 | 3