Labeling Queries

Jim_Knicely

To quickly identify queries for profiling and debugging purposes, include the LABEL hint. Later you can search the QUERY_REQUESTS and QUERY_PROFILES systems table for the label!

Example:

dbadmin=> CREATE TABLE big_table_test AS /*+ LABEL(big_table_test_label) */ SELECT * FROM big_table;
CREATE TABLE

dbadmin=> SELECT request FROM query_requests WHERE request_label = 'big_table_test_label';
                                                        request
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE big_table_test AS /*+ LABEL(big_table_test_label) */ SELECT * FROM big_table;
INSERT INTO public.big_table_test SELECT big_table.c1, big_table.c2, big_table.c3, big_table.c4 FROM public.big_table
(2 rows)

dbadmin=> SELECT query FROM query_profiles WHERE identifier = 'big_table_test_label';
                                                         query
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE big_table_test AS /*+ LABEL(big_table_test_label) */ SELECT * FROM big_table;
INSERT INTO public.big_table_test SELECT big_table.c1, big_table.c2, big_table.c3, big_table.c4 FROM public.big_table
(2 rows)

Helpful Links:
https://www.vertica.com/docs/9.2.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/AdministratorsGuide/Profiling/LabelQueries.htm
https://www.vertica.com/docs/9.2.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/SQLReferenceManual/Statements/CREATETABLE.htm

Have fun!