Calling Functions and Stored Procedures in Snowpark Scala¶

Calling System-Defined Functions¶

If you need to call system-defined SQL functions, use the equivalent functions in the com.snowflake.snowpark.functions object.

The following example calls the upper function in the functions object (the equivalent of the system-defined UPPER function) to return the values in the name column with the letters in uppercase:

// Import the upper function from the functions object.
import com.snowflake.snowpark.functions._
...
session.table("products").select(upper(col("name"))).show()

If a system-defined SQL function is not available in the functions object, you can use one of the following approaches:

• Use the callBuiltin function to call the system-defined function.

• Use the builtin function to create a function object that you can use to call the system-defined function.

callBuiltin and builtin are defined in the com.snowflake.snowpark.functions object.

For callBuiltin, pass the name of the system-defined function as the first argument. If you need to pass the values of columns to the system-defined function, define and pass Column objects as additional arguments to the callBuiltin function.

The following example calls the system-defined function RADIANS, passing in the value from the column col1:

// Import the callBuiltin function from the functions object.
import com.snowflake.snowpark.functions._
...
// Call the system-defined function RADIANS() on col1.
val result = df.select(callBuiltin("radians", col("col1"))).collect()

The callBuiltin function returns a Column, which you can pass to the DataFrame transformation methods (e.g. filter, select, etc.).

For builtin, pass the name of the system-defined function, and use the returned function object to call the system-defined function. For example:

// Import the callBuiltin function from the functions object.
import com.snowflake.snowpark.functions._
...
// Create a function object for the system-defined function RADIANS().
val radians = builtin("radians")
// Call the system-defined function RADIANS() on col1.
val result = df.select(radians(col("col1"))).collect()

Calling Scalar User-Defined Functions (UDFs)¶

The method for calling a UDF depends on how the UDF was created:

• To call an anonymous UDF, call the apply method of the UserDefinedFunction object that was returned when you created the UDF.

  The arguments that you pass to a UDF must be Column objects. If you need to pass in a literal, use lit(), as explained in Using Literals as Column Objects.

• To call UDFs that you registered by name and UDFs that you created by executing CREATE FUNCTION, use the callUDF function in the com.snowflake.snowpark.functions object.

  Pass the name of the UDF as the first argument and any UDF parameters as additional arguments.

Calling a UDF returns a Column object containing the return value of the UDF.

The following example calls the UDF function myFunction, passing in the values from the columns col1 and col2. The example passes the return value from myFunction to the select method of the DataFrame.

// Import the callUDF function from the functions object.
import com.snowflake.snowpark.functions._
...
// Runs the scalar function 'myFunction' on col1 and col2 of df.
val result =
    df.select(
        callUDF("myDB.schema.myFunction", col("col1"), col("col2"))
    ).collect()

Calling Table Functions (System Functions and UDTFs)¶

To call a table function or a user-defined table function (UDTF):

1. Construct a TableFunction object, passing in the name of the table function.

   If you are creating a UDTF in Snowpark, you can just use the TableFunction object returned by the UDTFRegistration.registerTemporary or UDTFRegistration.registerPermanent method. See Creating User-Defined Table Functions (UDTFs).

2. Call session.tableFunction, passing in the TableFunction object and a Map of input argument names and values.

table?Function returns a DataFrame that contains the output of the table function.

For example, suppose that you executed the following command to create a SQL UDTF:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION product_by_category_id(cat_id INT)
  RETURNS TABLE(id INT, name VARCHAR)
  AS
  $$
    SELECT id, name
      FROM sample_product_data
      WHERE category_id = cat_id
  $$
  ;

The following code calls this UDTF and creates a DataFrame for the output of the UDTF. The example prints the first 10 rows of output to the console.

val dfTableFunctionOutput = session.tableFunction(TableFunction("product_by_category_id"), Map("cat_id" -> lit(10)))
dfTableFunctionOutput.show()

If you need to join the output of a table function with a DataFrame, call the DataFrame.join method that passes in a TableFunction.

Calling Stored Procedures¶

To call a stored procedure, use the sql method of the Session class. See Executing SQL Statements.