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

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Besides the major SQL statements such as Data Definition Statements, Data Manipulation Statements and Data Retrieval Statements, Spark SQL also supports the following Auxiliary Statements:

- [ANALYZE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-analyze.html)
- [CACHE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-cache.html)
- [DESCRIBE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-describe.html)
- [SHOW](sql-ref-syntax-aux-show.html)
- [CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT](sql-ref-syntax-aux-conf-mgmt.html)
- [RESOURCE MANAGEMENT](sql-ref-syntax-aux-resource-mgmt.html)