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snowflake.snowpark.Session.sql¶

Session.sql(query: str) → DataFrame[source]¶

Returns a new DataFrame representing the results of a SQL query. You can use this method to execute a SQL statement. Note that you still need to call DataFrame.collect() to execute this query in Snowflake.

Parameters:: query – The SQL statement to execute.

Example:

>>> # create a dataframe from a SQL query
>>> df = session.sql("select 1/2")
>>> # execute the query
>>> df.collect()
[Row(1/2=Decimal('0.500000'))]

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