Examples of using a federated query

The following examples show how to run a federated query. Run the SQL using your SQL client connected to the Amazon Redshift database.

Example of using a federated query with PostgreSQL

The following example shows how to set up a federated query that references an Amazon Redshift database, an Aurora PostgreSQL database, and Amazon S3. This example illustrates how federated queries work. To run it on your own environment, change it to fit your environment. For prerequisites for doing this, see Getting started with using federated queries to PostgreSQL.

Create an external schema that references an Aurora PostgreSQL database.

CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA apg
FROM POSTGRES
DATABASE 'database-1' SCHEMA 'myschema'
URI 'endpoint to aurora hostname'
IAM_ROLE 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/Redshift-SecretsManager-RO'
SECRET_ARN 'arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:federation/test/dataplane-apg-creds-YbVKQw';

Create another external schema that references Amazon S3, which uses Amazon Redshift Spectrum. Also, grant permission to use the schema to public.

CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA s3 
FROM DATA CATALOG 
DATABASE 'default' REGION 'us-west-2' 
IAM_ROLE 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/Redshift-S3'; 

GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA s3 TO public;

Show the count of rows in the Amazon Redshift table.

SELECT count(*) FROM public.lineitem;
            
  count
----------
25075099

Show the count of rows in the Aurora PostgreSQL table.

SELECT count(*) FROM apg.lineitem;
            
count
-------
11760

Show the count of rows in Amazon S3.

SELECT count(*) FROM s3.lineitem_1t_part;
            
   count
------------
6144008876

Create a view of the tables from Amazon Redshift, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Amazon S3. This view is used to run your federated query.

CREATE VIEW lineitem_all AS
  SELECT l_orderkey,l_partkey,l_suppkey,l_linenumber,l_quantity,l_extendedprice,l_discount,l_tax,l_returnflag,l_linestatus,
         l_shipdate::date,l_commitdate::date,l_receiptdate::date, l_shipinstruct ,l_shipmode,l_comment 
  FROM s3.lineitem_1t_part 
  UNION ALL SELECT * FROM public.lineitem 
  UNION ALL SELECT * FROM apg.lineitem 
     with no schema binding;

Show the count of rows in the view lineitem_all with a predicate to limit the results.

SELECT count(*) from lineitem_all WHERE l_quantity = 10;
               
   count
-----------
123373836

Find out how many sales of one item there were in January of each year.

SELECT extract(year from l_shipdate) as year,
       extract(month from l_shipdate) as month,
       count(*) as orders
FROM lineitem_all
WHERE extract(month from l_shipdate) = 1
AND l_quantity < 2
GROUP BY 1,2
ORDER BY 1,2;

 year | month | orders
------+-------+---------
 1992 |     1 |  196019
 1993 |     1 | 1582034
 1994 |     1 | 1583181
 1995 |     1 | 1583919
 1996 |     1 | 1583622
 1997 |     1 | 1586541
 1998 |     1 | 1583198
 2016 |     1 |   15542
 2017 |     1 |   15414
 2018 |     1 |   15527
 2019 |     1 |     151

Example of using a mixed-case name

To query a supported PostgreSQL remote database that has a mixed-case name of a database, schema, table, or column, then set enable_case_sensitive_identifier to true. For more information about this session parameter, see enable_case_sensitive_identifier.

SET enable_case_sensitive_identifier TO TRUE;

Typically, the database and schema names are in lowercase. The following example shows how you can connect to a supported PostgreSQL remote database that has lowercase names for database and schema and mixed-case names for table and column.

Create an external schema that references an Aurora PostgreSQL database that has a lowercase database name (dblower) and lowercase schema name (schemalower).

CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA apg_lower
FROM POSTGRES
DATABASE 'dblower' SCHEMA 'schemalower'
URI 'endpoint to aurora hostname'
IAM_ROLE 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/Redshift-SecretsManager-RO'
SECRET_ARN 'arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:federation/test/dataplane-apg-creds-YbVKQw';

In the session where the query runs, set enable_case_sensitive_identifier to true.

SET enable_case_sensitive_identifier TO TRUE;

Run a federated query to select all data from the PostgreSQL database. The table (MixedCaseTab) and column (MixedCaseName) have mixed-case names. The result is one row (Harry).

select * from apg_lower."MixedCaseTab";

 MixedCaseName
-------
 Harry

The following example shows how you can connect to a supported PostgreSQL remote database that has a mixed-case name for the database, schema, table, and column.

Set enable_case_sensitive_identifier to true before you create the external schema. If enable_case_sensitive_identifier is not set to true before creating the external schema, then a database does not exist error occurs.

Create an external schema that references an Aurora PostgreSQL database that has a mixed-case database (UpperDB) and schema (UpperSchema) name.

CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA apg_upper
FROM POSTGRES
DATABASE 'UpperDB' SCHEMA 'UpperSchema'
URI 'endpoint to aurora hostname'
IAM_ROLE 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/Redshift-SecretsManager-RO'
SECRET_ARN 'arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:federation/test/dataplane-apg-creds-YbVKQw';

Run a federated query to select all data from the PostgreSQL database. The table (MixedCaseTab) and column (MixedCaseName) have mixed-case names. The result is one row (Harry).

select * from apg_upper."MixedCaseTab";

 MixedCaseName
-------
 Harry

Example of using a federated query with MySQL

The following example shows how to set up a federated query that references an Aurora MySQL database. This example illustrates how federated queries works. To run it on your own environment, change it to fit your environment. For prerequisites for doing this, see Getting started with using federated queries to MySQL.

This example depends on the following prerequisites:

Create an external schema that references an Aurora MySQL database.

CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA amysql
FROM MYSQL
DATABASE 'functional'
URI 'endpoint to remote hostname'
IAM_ROLE 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/Redshift-SecretsManager-RO'
SECRET_ARN 'arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:federation/test/dataplane-apg-creds-YbVKQw';

Run an example SQL select of the Aurora MySQL table to display one row from the employees table in Aurora MySQL.

SELECT level FROM amysql.employees LIMIT 1;
            
 level
-------
     8