CREATE VIEW

SYNTAX

snappy> CREATE VIEW [view-name]  AS SELECT [column_name, column_name] FROM [table_name];

snappy> CREATE VIEW [view-name] (column_name, column_name) AS SELECT column_name, column_name FROM [table_name];

Description

The View can be described as a virtual table that contains a set of definitions, built on top of the table(s) or the other view(s), but it does not physically store the data like a table. View is persistent and visible in system catalog and therefore shared between all connections.

Examples

snappy> CREATE VIEW TRADE.ORDERS1 AS SELECT ORDERID, ITEMID FROM TRADE.ORDERS;

snappy> CREATE VIEW TRADE.ORDERS2 AS SELECT ORDERID, ITEMID FROM TRADE.ORDERS;

CREATE TEMPORARY VIEW

snappy> CREATE TEMPORARY VIEW [temporary-view-name] AS SELECT [column-name], [column-name] FROM [schema].[table-name];

snappy> CREATE TEMPORARY VIEW [temporary-view-name] USING PARQUET OPTIONS(PATH 'path-to-parquet');

Description

Creates a session-specific temporary view, which is dropped when the session ends. Temporary views have the same restrictions as permanent views, so you cannot perform insert, update, delete, or copy operations on these views.

Local temporary views are session-scoped; the view drops automatically when the session ends.

Examples

snappy> CREATE TEMPORARY VIEW AIRLINEVIEW1 AS SELECT ORDERID, ITEMID FROM TRADE.ORDERS;

snappy> CREATE TEMPORARY VIEW AIRLINEVIEW2 USING PARQUET OPTIONS(PATH '../../QUICKSTART/DATA/AIRLINEPARQUETDATA');

CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VIEW

snappy> CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VIEW [global-temporary-view-name] AS SELECT [column-name], [column-name] FROM [schema].[table-name];

snappy> CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VIEW [global-temporary-view-name] USING PARQUET OPTIONS(path 'path-to-parquet');

Description

Creates a global temporary view this is visible to all sessions. Temporary table data is visible only to the session that inserts the data into the table.

The optional GLOBAL keyword allows the view to be shared among all connections but it is not persisted to system catalog so will disappear when lead/driver restarts or fails. Use CREATE VIEW for persistent views.

Examples

snappy> CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VIEW ORDER AS SELECT ORDERID, ITEMID FROM TRADE.ORDERS;

snappy> CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VIEW AIRLINEVIEW USING PARQUET OPTIONS(PATH '../../QUICKSTART/DATA/AIRLINEPARQUETDATA');