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### What changes were proposed in this pull request? SQL Reference cleanup ### Why are the changes needed? To complete SQL Reference ### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change? updated sql-ref-syntax-qry.html before <img width="1100" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-29 at 11 08 25 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13592258/80677799-70b27280-8a6e-11ea-8e3f-a768f29d0377.png"> after <img width="1100" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-29 at 11 05 55 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13592258/80677803-74de9000-8a6e-11ea-880c-aa05c53254a6.png"> ### How was this patch tested? Manually build and check Closes #28417 from huaxingao/cleanup. Authored-by: Huaxin Gao <huaxing@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Takeshi Yamamuro <yamamuro@apache.org>
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Description
Views are based on the result-set of an SQL query. CREATE VIEW constructs
a virtual table that has no physical data therefore other operations like
ALTER VIEW and DROP VIEW only change metadata.
Syntax
{% highlight sql %} CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] [ [ GLOBAL ] TEMPORARY ] VIEW [ IF NOT EXISTS ] view_identifier create_view_clauses AS query {% endhighlight %}
Parameters
OR REPLACE- If a view of same name already exists, it will be replaced.
[ GLOBAL ] TEMPORARY- TEMPORARY views are session-scoped and will be dropped when session ends
because it skips persisting the definition in the underlying metastore, if any.
GLOBAL TEMPORARY views are tied to a system preserved temporary database
global_temp.
IF NOT EXISTS- Creates a view if it does not exists.
view_identifier-
Specifies a view name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.
Syntax:[ database_name. ] view_name
create_view_clauses- These clauses are optional and order insensitive. It can be of following formats.
[ ( column_name [ COMMENT column_comment ], ... ) ]to specify column-level comments.[ COMMENT view_comment ]to specify view-level comments.[ TBLPROPERTIES ( property_name = property_value [ , ... ] ) ]to add metadata key-value pairs.
query- A SELECT statement that constructs the view from base tables or other views.
Examples
{% highlight sql %}
-- Create or replace view for experienced_employee with comments.
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW experienced_employee
(ID COMMENT 'Unique identification number', Name)
COMMENT 'View for experienced employees'
AS SELECT id, name FROM all_employee
WHERE working_years > 5;
-- Create a global temporary view subscribed_movies if it does not exist.
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VIEW IF NOT EXISTS subscribed_movies
AS SELECT mo.member_id, mb.full_name, mo.movie_title
FROM movies AS mo INNER JOIN members AS mb
ON mo.member_id = mb.id;
{% endhighlight %}