- Connecting to Snowflake
- Loading Data into Snowflake
- Unloading Data from Snowflake
- Using Snowflake
- Sharing Data Securely in Snowflake
- Managing Your Snowflake Organization
- Managing Your Snowflake Account
- Managing Security in Snowflake
- Managing Governance in Snowflake
- General Reference
- SQL Command Reference
- Summary of Commands
- All Commands (Alphabetical)
- DDL Commands
- DML Commands
- Query Syntax
- Query Operators
- SQL Function Reference
- Appendices
Database, Schema, & Share DDL¶
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Databases and schemas are used to organize data stored in Snowflake:
A database is a logical grouping of schemas. Each database belongs to a single Snowflake account.
A schema is a logical grouping of database objects (tables, views, etc.). Each schema belongs to a single database.
Together, a database and schema comprise a namespace in Snowflake. When performing any operations on database objects in Snowflake, the namespace is inferred from the current database and schema in use for the session. If a database and schema are not in use for the session, the namespace must be explicitly specified when performing any operations on the objects.
Snowflake provides a full set of DDL commands for creating and managing databases and schemas.
In addition, Snowflake provides DDL for creating and managing shares. A share specifies a set of database objects (schemas, tables, and secure views) containing data you wish to share with other Snowflake accounts.
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