spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry.md
Wenchen Fan 0f0ccdadb1
[SPARK-31110][DOCS][SQL] refine sql doc for SELECT
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?

A few improvements to the sql ref SELECT doc:
1. correct the syntax of SELECT query
2. correct the default of null sort order
3. correct the GROUP BY syntax
4. several minor fixes

### Why are the changes needed?

refine document

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

N/A

### How was this patch tested?

N/A

Closes #27866 from cloud-fan/doc.

Authored-by: Wenchen Fan <wenchen@databricks.com>
Signed-off-by: Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon@apache.org>
2020-03-11 16:52:40 -07:00

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Spark supports SELECT 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 section. Spark also provides the ability to generate logical and physical plan for a given query using EXPLAIN statement.