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TPC-H Skew Q21 — Suppliers Who Kept Orders Waiting

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Suppliers who delayed orders they could fill

Representative SQL

Rendered for DataFusion with default parameters.

SELECT
s_name,
COUNT(*) AS numwait
FROM supplier, lineitem AS l1, orders, nation
WHERE
s_suppkey = l1.l_suppkey
AND o_orderkey = l1.l_orderkey
AND o_orderstatus = 'F'
AND l1.l_receiptdate > l1.l_commitdate
AND EXISTS(
SELECT
*
FROM lineitem AS l2
WHERE
l2.l_orderkey = l1.l_orderkey AND l2.l_suppkey <> l1.l_suppkey
)
AND NOT EXISTS(
SELECT
*
FROM lineitem AS l3
WHERE
l3.l_orderkey = l1.l_orderkey
AND l3.l_suppkey <> l1.l_suppkey
AND l3.l_receiptdate > l3.l_commitdate
)
AND s_nationkey = n_nationkey
AND n_name = 'SAUDI ARABIA'
GROUP BY
s_name
ORDER BY
numwait DESC,
s_name
LIMIT 100

Representative DataFrame

Expression family (Polars, PySpark, DataFusion), default parameters.

def q21_expression_impl(ctx: DataFrameContext) -> Any:
supplier = ctx.get_table("supplier")
lineitem = ctx.get_table("lineitem")
orders = ctx.get_table("orders")
nation = ctx.get_table("nation")
col = ctx.col
lit = ctx.lit
params = get_tpch_parameters(21)
nation_name = params["nation_name"]
target_suppliers = (
supplier.join(nation, left_on="s_nationkey", right_on="n_nationkey")
.filter(col("n_name") == lit(nation_name))
.select(col("s_suppkey").alias("target_suppkey"), col("s_name"))
)
valid_orders = orders.filter(col("o_orderstatus") == lit("F")).select(col("o_orderkey").alias("valid_orderkey"))
candidates = (
lineitem.filter(col("l_receiptdate") > col("l_commitdate"))
.join(target_suppliers, left_on="l_suppkey", right_on="target_suppkey")
.join(valid_orders, left_on="l_orderkey", right_on="valid_orderkey")
.select("l_orderkey", "l_suppkey", "s_name")
)
candidate_orders = candidates.select(col("l_orderkey").alias("cand_orderkey")).unique()
suppliers_per_order = (
lineitem.join(candidate_orders, left_on="l_orderkey", right_on="cand_orderkey", how="semi")
.group_by("l_orderkey")
.agg(col("l_suppkey").n_unique().alias("num_suppliers"))
.select(col("l_orderkey").alias("supp_orderkey"), col("num_suppliers"))
)
late_suppliers_per_order = (
lineitem.filter(col("l_receiptdate") > col("l_commitdate"))
.join(candidate_orders, left_on="l_orderkey", right_on="cand_orderkey", how="semi")
.group_by("l_orderkey")
.agg(col("l_suppkey").n_unique().alias("num_late_suppliers"))
.select(col("l_orderkey").alias("late_orderkey"), col("num_late_suppliers"))
)
return (
candidates.join(suppliers_per_order, left_on="l_orderkey", right_on="supp_orderkey")
.join(late_suppliers_per_order, left_on="l_orderkey", right_on="late_orderkey")
.filter(col("num_suppliers") > lit(1))
.filter(col("num_late_suppliers") == lit(1))
.group_by("s_name")
.agg(col("l_orderkey").count().alias("numwait"))
.sort(["numwait", "s_name"], descending=[True, False])
.limit(100)
)

Get the exact query for your run

The blocks above are representative. To get the precise statement a specific platform runs at a specific scale, substitute your own values:

from benchbox import TPCHSkew
bench = TPCHSkew(scale_factor=0.01) # your scale factor
queries = bench.get_queries(dialect="datafusion") # your platform's dialect; drop dialect= for native SQL
print(queries['21'])

Parameter substitution for this benchmark is seed-driven; pass a seed for a specific stream’s parameters:

print(bench.get_query(21, scale_factor=0.01, seed=42, dialect="datafusion"))

For the DataFrame form:

from benchbox.core.query_catalog import get_dataframe_render
print(get_dataframe_render('tpch_skew', '21', family="expression").source) # or family="pandas"

Source

Query text: benchbox/_binaries/tpc-h/templates/queries/21.sql