Add Columns

Use function addColumn to add columns to a stream table or a DFS table.

$ ID=1..6
$ x=1..6\5
$ t1=table(ID, x)
$ db=database("dfs://rangedb",RANGE,  1 4 7)
$ pt = db.createPartitionedTable(t1, `pt, `ID)
$ pt.append!(t1);

$ addColumn(pt,["price", "qty"],[DOUBLE, INT]);

After using addColumn and before data with the new schema is inserted, we can still insert data with the old schema.

$ t2=table(1 as ID, 1.2 as x)
$ pt.append!(t2)
$ select * from pt;

ID	x	price	qty
1	0.2
2	0.4
3	0.6
1	1.2
4	0.8
5	1
6	1.2

After data with the new schema is inserted, however, data with the old schema can no longer be inserted.

$ t3=table(1 as ID, 1.6 as x, 10.0 as price, 6 as qty)
$ pt.append!(t3)
$ select * from pt;

ID	x	price	qty
1	0.2
2	0.4
3	0.6
1	1.2
1	1.6	10	6
4	0.8
5	1
6	1.2

$ t4=table(2 as ID, 2.2 as x)
$ pt.append!(t4);
The data to append contains fewer columns than the schema.