spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry.md

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Spark supports <code>SELECT</code> statement that is used to retrieve rows
from one or more tables according to the specified clauses. The full syntax
and brief description of supported clauses are explained in
[SELECT](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select.html) section. The SQL statements related
to SELECT are also included in this section. Spark also provides the
ability to generate logical and physical plan for a given query using
[EXPLAIN](sql-ref-syntax-qry-explain.html) statement.

* [SELECT Statement](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select.html)
  * [WHERE Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-where.html)
  * [GROUP BY Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-groupby.html)
  * [HAVING Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-having.html)
  * [ORDER BY Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-orderby.html)
  * [SORT BY Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-sortby.html)
  * [CLUSTER BY Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-clusterby.html)
  * [DISTRIBUTE BY Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-distribute-by.html)
  * [LIMIT Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-limit.html)
  * [Common Table Expression](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-cte.html)
  * [Hints](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-hints.html)
  * [Inline Table](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-inline-table.html)
  * [File](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-file.html)
  * [JOIN](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-join.html)
  * [LIKE Predicate](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-like.html)
  * [Set Operators](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-setops.html)
  * [TABLESAMPLE](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-sampling.html)
  * [Table-valued Function](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-tvf.html)
  * [Window Function](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-window.html)
  * [CASE Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-case.html)
  * [PIVOT Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-pivot.html)
  * [LATERAL VIEW Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-lateral-view.html)
  * [TRANSFORM Clause](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-transform.html)
* [EXPLAIN Statement](sql-ref-syntax-qry-explain.html)