spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-tblproperties.md
Takeshi Yamamuro 179289f0bf [SPARK-31383][SQL][DOC] Clean up the SQL documents in docs/sql-ref*
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?

This PR intends to clean up the SQL documents in `doc/sql-ref*`.
Main changes are as follows;

 - Fixes wrong syntaxes and capitalize sub-titles
 - Adds some DDL queries in `Examples` so that users can run examples there
 - Makes query output in `Examples` follows the `Dataset.showString` (right-aligned) format
 - Adds/Removes spaces, Indents, or blank lines to follow the format below;

```
---
license...
---

### Description

Writes what's the syntax is.

### Syntax

{% highlight sql %}
SELECT...
    WHERE... // 4 indents after the second line
    ...
{% endhighlight %}

### Parameters

<dl>

  <dt><code><em>Param Name</em></code></dt>
  <dd>
    Param Description
  </dd>
  ...
</dl>

### Examples

{% highlight sql %}
-- It is better that users are able to execute example queries here.
-- So, we prepare test data in the first section if possible.
CREATE TABLE t (key STRING, value DOUBLE);
INSERT INTO t VALUES
    ('a', 1.0), ('a', 2.0), ('b', 3.0), ('c', 4.0);

-- query output has 2 indents and it follows the `Dataset.showString`
-- format (right-aligned).
SELECT * FROM t;
  +---+-----+
  |key|value|
  +---+-----+
  |  a|  1.0|
  |  a|  2.0|
  |  b|  3.0|
  |  c|  4.0|
  +---+-----+

-- Query statements after the second line have 4 indents.
SELECT key, SUM(value)
    FROM t
    GROUP BY key;
  +---+----------+
  |key|sum(value)|
  +---+----------+
  |  c|       4.0|
  |  b|       3.0|
  |  a|       3.0|
  +---+----------+
...
{% endhighlight %}

### Related Statements

 * [XXX](xxx.html)
 * ...
```

### Why are the changes needed?

The most changes of this PR are pretty minor, but I think the consistent formats/rules to write documents are important for long-term maintenance in our community

### Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?

Yes.

### How was this patch tested?

Manually checked.

Closes #28151 from maropu/MakeRightAligned.

Authored-by: Takeshi Yamamuro <yamamuro@apache.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Owen <srowen@gmail.com>
2020-04-12 23:40:36 -05:00

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Description

This statement returns the value of a table property given an optional value for a property key. If no key is specified then all the properties are returned.

Syntax

{% highlight sql %} SHOW TBLPROPERTIES table_identifier [ ( unquoted_property_key | property_key_as_string_literal ) ] {% endhighlight %}

Parameters

table_identifier
Specifies the table name of an existing table. The table may be optionally qualified with a database name.

Syntax: [ database_name. ] table_name
unquoted_property_key
Specifies the property key in unquoted form. The key may consists of multiple parts separated by dot.

Syntax: [ key_part1 ] [ .key_part2 ] [ ... ]
property_key_as_string_literal
Specifies a property key value as a string literal.

Note

  • Property value returned by this statement excludes some properties that are internal to spark and hive. The excluded properties are :
    • All the properties that start with prefix spark.sql
    • Property keys such as: EXTERNAL, comment
    • All the properties generated internally by hive to store statistics. Some of these properties are: numFiles, numPartitions, numRows.

Examples

{% highlight sql %} -- create a table customer in database salesdb USE salesdb; CREATE TABLE customer(cust_code INT, name VARCHAR(100), cust_addr STRING) TBLPROPERTIES ('created.by.user' = 'John', 'created.date' = '01-01-2001');

-- show all the user specified properties for table customer SHOW TBLPROPERTIES customer; +---------------------+----------+ | key| value| +---------------------+----------+ | created.by.user| John| | created.date|01-01-2001| |transient_lastDdlTime|1567554931| +---------------------+----------+

-- show all the user specified properties for a qualified table customer -- in database salesdb SHOW TBLPROPERTIES salesdb.customer; +---------------------+----------+ | key| value| +---------------------+----------+ | created.by.user| John| | created.date|01-01-2001| |transient_lastDdlTime|1567554931| +---------------------+----------+

-- show value for unquoted property key created.by.user SHOW TBLPROPERTIES customer (created.by.user); +-----+ |value| +-----+ | John| +-----+

-- show value for property `created.date`` specified as string literal SHOW TBLPROPERTIES customer ('created.date'); +----------+ | value| +----------+ |01-01-2001| +----------+ {% endhighlight %}