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Auxiliary Statements #

Set / Reset #

The SET command sets a property, returns the value of an existing property or returns all SQLConf properties with value and meaning. The RESET command resets runtime configurations specific to the current session which were set via the SET command to their default values. To set dynamic options globally, you need add the spark.paimon. prefix. You can also set dynamic table options at this format: spark.paimon.${catalogName}.${dbName}.${tableName}.${config_key}. The catalogName/dbName/tableName can be *, which means matching all the specific parts. Dynamic table options will override global options if there are conflicts.

-- set spark conf
SET spark.sql.sources.partitionOverwriteMode=dynamic;

-- set paimon conf
SET spark.paimon.file.block-size=512M;

-- reset conf
RESET spark.paimon.file.block-size;

-- set catalog
USE paimon;

-- set scan.snapshot-id=1 for the table default.T in any catalogs
SET spark.paimon.*.default.T.scan.snapshot-id=1;
SELECT * FROM default.T;

-- set scan.snapshot-id=1 for the table T in any databases and catalogs
SET spark.paimon.*.*.T.scan.snapshot-id=1;
SELECT * FROM default.T;

-- set scan.snapshot-id=2 for the table default.T1 in any catalogs and scan.snapshot-id=1 on other tables
SET spark.paimon.scan.snapshot-id=1;
SET spark.paimon.*.default.T1.scan.snapshot-id=2;
SELECT * FROM default.T1 JOIN default.T2 ON xxxx;

Describe table #

DESCRIBE TABLE statement returns the basic metadata information of a table. The metadata information includes column name, column type and column comment.

-- describe table
DESCRIBE TABLE my_table;

-- describe table with additional metadata
DESCRIBE TABLE EXTENDED my_table;

Show create table #

SHOW CREATE TABLE returns the CREATE TABLE statement that was used to create a given table.

SHOW CREATE TABLE my_table;

Show columns #

Returns the list of columns in a table. If the table does not exist, an exception is thrown.

SHOW COLUMNS FROM my_table;

Show partitions #

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.

-- Lists all partitions for my_table
SHOW PARTITIONS my_table;

-- Lists partitions matching the supplied partition spec for my_table
SHOW PARTITIONS my_table PARTITION (dt=20230817);

Analyze table #

The ANALYZE TABLE statement collects statistics about the table, that are to be used by the query optimizer to find a better query execution plan. Paimon supports collecting table-level statistics and column statistics through analyze.

-- collect table-level statistics
ANALYZE TABLE my_table COMPUTE STATISTICS;

-- collect table-level statistics and column statistics for col1
ANALYZE TABLE my_table COMPUTE STATISTICS FOR COLUMNS col1;

-- collect table-level statistics and column statistics for all columns
ANALYZE TABLE my_table COMPUTE STATISTICS FOR ALL COLUMNS;