spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry.md
Dilip Biswal 3e203c985c [SPARK-28801][DOC][FOLLOW-UP] Setup links and address other review comments
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?

- Sets up links between related sections.
- Add "Related sections" for each section.
- Change to the left hand side menu to reflect the current status of the doc.
- Other minor cleanups.

### Why are the changes needed?
Currently Spark lacks documentation on the supported SQL constructs causing
confusion among users who sometimes have to look at the code to understand the
usage. This is aimed at addressing this issue.

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

### How was this patch tested?
Tested using jykyll build --serve

Closes #27371 from dilipbiswal/select_finalization.

Authored-by: Dilip Biswal <dkbiswal@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Owen <srowen@gmail.com>
2020-01-29 08:41:40 -06:00

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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.