Pick a random attribute from group in Redshift

Question

I have a data set in the form.

id  |   attribute
-----------------
1   |   a
2   |   b
2   |   a
2   |   a
3   |   c

Desired output:

Answer 1

I found a way to pick up a random attribute for each id, but it's too tricky. Actually I don't think it's a good way, but it works.

SQL:

-- (1) uniq dataset 
WITH uniq_dataset as (select * from dataset group by id, attr)
SELECT 
  uds.id, rds.attr
FROM
-- (2) generate random rank for each id
  (select id, round((random() * ((select count(*) from uniq_dataset iuds where iuds.id = ouds.id) - 1))::numeric, 0) + 1 as random_rk from (select distinct id from uniq_dataset) ouds) uds,
-- (3) rank table
  (select rank() over(partition by id order by attr) as rk, id ,attr from uniq_dataset) rds
WHERE
  uds.id = rds.id
AND 
  uds.random_rk = rds.rk
ORDER BY
  uds.id;

Result:

 id | attr
----+------
  1 | a
  2 | a
  3 | c

OR

 id | attr
----+------
  1 | a
  2 | b
  3 | c

Here are tables in this SQL.

-- dataset (original table)
 id | attr
----+------
  1 | a
  2 | b
  2 | a
  2 | a
  3 | c

-- (1) uniq dataset
 id | attr
----+------
  1 | a
  2 | a
  2 | b
  3 | c

-- (2) generate random rank for each id
 id | random_rk
----+----
  1 |  1
  2 |  1 <- 1 or 2
  3 |  1

-- (3) rank table
 rk | id | attr
----+----+------
  1 |  1 | a
  1 |  2 | a
  2 |  2 | b
  1 |  3 | c