spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-partitions.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

The SHOW PARTITIONS statement is used to list partitions of a table. An optional partition spec may be specified to return the partitions matching the supplied partition spec.

Syntax

{% highlight sql %} SHOW PARTITIONS table_identifier [ partition_spec ] {% endhighlight %}

Parameters

table_identifier
Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.

Syntax: [ database_name. ] table_name
partition_spec
An optional parameter that specifies a comma separated list of key and value pairs for partitions. When specified, the partitions that match the partition spec are returned.

Syntax: PARTITION ( partition_col_name [ = partition_col_val ] [ , ... ] )

Examples

{% highlight sql %} -- create a partitioned table and insert a few rows. USE salesdb; CREATE TABLE customer(id INT, name STRING) PARTITIONED BY (state STRING, city STRING); INSERT INTO customer PARTITION (state = 'CA', city = 'Fremont') VALUES (100, 'John'); INSERT INTO customer PARTITION (state = 'CA', city = 'San Jose') VALUES (200, 'Marry'); INSERT INTO customer PARTITION (state = 'AZ', city = 'Peoria') VALUES (300, 'Daniel');

-- Lists all partitions for table customer SHOW PARTITIONS customer; +----------------------+ | partition| +----------------------+ | state=AZ/city=Peoria| | state=CA/city=Fremont| |state=CA/city=San Jose| +----------------------+

-- Lists all partitions for the qualified table customer SHOW PARTITIONS salesdb.customer; +----------------------+ | partition| +----------------------+ | state=AZ/city=Peoria| | state=CA/city=Fremont| |state=CA/city=San Jose| +----------------------+

-- Specify a full partition spec to list specific partition SHOW PARTITIONS customer PARTITION (state = 'CA', city = 'Fremont'); +---------------------+ | partition| +---------------------+ |state=CA/city=Fremont| +---------------------+

-- Specify a partial partition spec to list the specific partitions SHOW PARTITIONS customer PARTITION (state = 'CA'); +----------------------+ | partition| +----------------------+ | state=CA/city=Fremont| |state=CA/city=San Jose| +----------------------+

-- Specify a partial spec to list specific partition SHOW PARTITIONS customer PARTITION (city = 'San Jose'); +----------------------+ | partition| +----------------------+ |state=CA/city=San Jose| +----------------------+ {% endhighlight %}