Schema:

ACCOUNT_USAGE

FILE_FORMATS view¶

This Account Usage view displays a row for each file format defined in the account.

File formats are named objects that can be used for loading/unloading data. For more information, see CREATE FILE FORMAT.

Columns¶

Column Name

Data Type

Description

FILE_FORMAT_ID

NUMBER

Internal/system-generated identifier for the file format.

FILE_FORMAT_NAME

TEXT

Name of the file format,

FILE_FORMAT_SCHEMA_ID

NUMBER

Internal/system-generated identifier for the schema of the file format.

FILE_FORMAT_SCHEMA

TEXT

Schema that the file format belongs to.

FILE_FORMAT_CATALOG_ID

NUMBER

Internal/system-generated identifier for the database of the file format.

FILE_FORMAT_CATALOG

TEXT

Database that the file format belongs to.

FILE_FORMAT_OWNER

TEXT

Name of the role that owns the file format.

FILE_FORMAT_TYPE

TEXT

File format type of the file format (CSV, JSON, etc.).

RECORD_DELIMITER

TEXT

Character that separates records.

FIELD_DELIMITER

TEXT

Character that separates fields.

SKIP_HEADER

NUMBER

Number of lines skipped at the start of the file.

DATE_FORMAT

TEXT

Date format.

TIME_FORMAT

TEXT

Time format.

TIMESTAMP_FORMAT

TEXT

Timestamp format.

BINARY_FORMAT

TEXT

Binary format.

ESCAPE

TEXT

String used as the escape character for any field values.

ESCAPE_UNENCLOSED_FIELD

TEXT

String used as the escape character for unenclosed field values.

TRIM_SPACE

BOOLEAN

Whether whitespace is removed from fields.

FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY

TEXT

Character used to enclose strings.

NULL_IF

TEXT

A list of strings to be replaced by null.

COMPRESSION

TEXT

Compression method for the data file.

ERROR_ON_COLUMN_COUNT_MISMATCH

TEXT

Whether to generate a parsing error if the number of fields in an input file does not match the number of columns in the corresponding table.

CREATED

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Date and time when the file format was created.

LAST_ALTERED

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Date and time the object was last altered. See Usage Notes.

DELETED

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Date and time when the file format was dropped.

COMMENT

TEXT

Comment for the file format.

OWNER_ROLE_TYPE

TEXT

The type of role that owns the object, for example ROLE. . If a Snowflake Native App owns the object, the value is APPLICATION. . Snowflake returns NULL if you delete the object because a deleted object does not have an owner role.

Usage notes¶

  • Latency for the view may be up to 120 minutes (2 hours).

  • The view only displays objects for which the current role for the session has been granted access privileges.

  • The view does not recognize the MANAGE GRANTS privilege and consequently may show less information compared to a SHOW command executed by a user who holds the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.

  • The LAST_ALTERED column is updated when the following operations are performed on an object:

    • DDL operations.

    • DML operations (for tables only). This column is updated even when no rows are affected by the DML statement.

    • Background maintenance operations on metadata performed by Snowflake.