BigQuery or SQL Server SPLIT query - sql-server

Question

I have searched around and can not find much on this topic. I have a table, that gets logging information. As a result the column I am interested in contains multiple values that I need to search against. The column is formatted in a php URL style. i.e.
/test/test.aspx?DS_Vendor=55039&DS_ProdVer=7.90.100.0&DS_ProdLang=EN&DS_Product=MTT&DS_OfficeBits=32
This makes all searches end up with really long regexes to get data. Then join statements to combine data.
Is there a way in BigQuery, or SQL Server that I can pull the information from that column and put it into new columns?
Example:
The information I would like extracted begins after the ?, and ends at &, The string can sometimes be longer, and contains additional headers.
Thanks,

Answer 1

Below is for BigQuery Standard SQL and addresses below aspect of your question
Is there a way in BigQuery, ... that I can pull the information from that column and put it into new columns?
#standardSQL
CREATE TEMP FUNCTION parseColumn(kv STRING, column_name STRING) AS (
IF(SPLIT(kv, '=')[OFFSET(0)]= column_name, SPLIT(kv, '=')[OFFSET(1)], NULL)
);
WITH `project.dataset.table` AS (
SELECT '/test/test.aspx?extra=abc&DS_Vendor=55039&DS_ProdVer=7.90.100.0&DS_ProdLang=EN&DS_Product=MTT&DS_OfficeBits=32' AS url UNION ALL
SELECT '/test/test.aspx?DS_Vendor=55192&DS_ProdVer=4.30.100.0&more=123&DS_ProdLang=DE&DS_Product=MTE&DS_OfficeBits=64'
)
SELECT
MIN(parseColumn(kv, 'DS_Vendor')) AS DS_Vendor,
MIN(parseColumn(kv, 'DS_ProdVer')) AS DS_ProdVer,
MIN(parseColumn(kv, 'DS_ProdLang')) AS DS_ProdLang,
MIN(parseColumn(kv, 'DS_Product')) AS DS_Product,
MIN(parseColumn(kv, 'DS_OfficeBits')) AS DS_OfficeBits
FROM `project.dataset.table`,
UNNEST(REGEXP_EXTRACT_ALL(url, r'[?&]([^?&]+)')) AS kv
GROUP BY url
with the result as below
Row DS_Vendor DS_ProdVer DS_ProdLang DS_Product DS_OfficeBits
1 55039 7.90.100.0 EN MTT 32
2 55192 4.30.100.0 DE MTE 64
Below is also addressed
The string can sometimes be longer, and contains additional headers.

Answer 2

One example using BigQuery (with standard SQL):
SELECT REGEXP_EXTRACT_ALL(url, r'[?&]([^?&]+)')
FROM (
SELECT '/test/test.aspx?DS_Vendor=55039&DS_ProdVer=7.90.100.0&DS_ProdLang=EN&DS_Product=MTT&DS_OfficeBits=32' AS url
)
This returns the parts of the URL as an ARRAY<STRING>. To go one step further, you can get back an ARRAY<STRUCT<key STRING, value STRING>> with a query of this form:
SELECT
ARRAY(
SELECT AS STRUCT
SPLIT(part, '=')[OFFSET(0)] AS key,
SPLIT(part, '=')[OFFSET(1)] AS value
FROM UNNEST(REGEXP_EXTRACT_ALL(url, r'[?&]([^?&]+)')) AS part
) AS keys_and_values
FROM (
SELECT '/test/test.aspx?DS_Vendor=55039&DS_ProdVer=7.90.100.0&DS_ProdLang=EN&DS_Product=MTT&DS_OfficeBits=32' AS url
)
...or with the keys and values as top-level columns:
SELECT
SPLIT(part, '=')[OFFSET(0)] AS key,
SPLIT(part, '=')[OFFSET(1)] AS value
FROM (
SELECT '/test/test.aspx?DS_Vendor=55039&DS_ProdVer=7.90.100.0&DS_ProdLang=EN&DS_Product=MTT&DS_OfficeBits=32' AS url
)
CROSS JOIN UNNEST(REGEXP_EXTRACT_ALL(url, r'[?&]([^?&]+)')) AS part