Missing Redshift constructs

[ramnes]

RedshiftSqlDialect on version 0.62.0 fails to parse a few core Redshift statements that the real engine accepts (tested on Redshift 1.0.347559):

-- 1. APPROXIMATE COUNT(DISTINCT)
SELECT APPROXIMATE COUNT(DISTINCT id) FROM t;
-- Expected: end of statement, found: (

-- 2. Column-level ENCODE in CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE t (id INT ENCODE az64, name VARCHAR(20) ENCODE lzo);
-- Expected: ',' or ')' after column definition, found: ENCODE

-- 3. CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA (Spectrum)
CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA s FROM DATA CATALOG DATABASE 'db' IAM_ROLE 'arn:...';
-- Expected: TABLE, found: SCHEMA

Each is documented, common Redshift syntax:

• APPROXIMATE COUNT(DISTINCT ...): HyperLogLog cardinality (docs)
• column-level compression ENCODE <encoding> in CREATE TABLE (docs)
• CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA ... FROM DATA CATALOG: Redshift Spectrum (docs)

[realonbebeto]

@ramnes I'm curious—how do you test against Redshift? Do you use an active AWS account, or is there another setup you rely on?

[ramnes]

@realonbebeto Yeah, against a live AWS Redshift cluster. There's not any other way to test against Redshift as far as I know. :(

[realonbebeto]

@ramnes Thank you