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### What changes were proposed in this pull request? Standardize sql reference ### Why are the changes needed? To have consistent docs ### Does this PR introduce any user-facing change? Yes ### How was this patch tested? Tested using jykyll build --serve Closes #26721 from huaxingao/spark-30085. Authored-by: Huaxin Gao <huaxing@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Owen <sean.owen@databricks.com>
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layout: global
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title: REFRESH TABLE
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displayTitle: REFRESH TABLE
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license: |
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Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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---
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### Description
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`REFRESH TABLE` statement invalidates the cached entries, which include data
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and metadata of the given table or view. The invalidated cache is populated in
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lazy manner when the cached table or the query associated with it is executed again.
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### Syntax
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{% highlight sql %}
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REFRESH [TABLE] table_identifier
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{% endhighlight %}
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### Parameters
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<dl>
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<dt><code><em>table_identifier</em></code></dt>
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<dd>
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Specifies a table name, which is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a temporary view or a table/view in the current database.<br><br>
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<b>Syntax:</b>
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<code>
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[ database_name. ] table_name
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</code>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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### Examples
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{% highlight sql %}
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-- The cached entries of the table will be refreshed
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-- The table is resolved from the current database as the table name is unqualified.
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REFRESH TABLE tbl1;
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-- The cached entries of the view will be refreshed or invalidated
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-- The view is resolved from tempDB database, as the view name is qualified.
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REFRESH TABLE tempDB.view1;
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{% endhighlight %}
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### Related Statements
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- [CACHE TABLE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-cache-cache-table.html)
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- [CLEAR CACHE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-cache-clear-cache.html)
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- [UNCACHE TABLE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-cache-uncache-table.html) |