All Commands (Alphabetical)¶
This topic provides a list of all DDL and DML commands, as well as the SELECT command and other related commands, in alphabetical order.
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Modifies the metadata of an account-level or database object, or the parameters for a session. |
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Modifies an account. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing alert and suspends or resumes an existing alert. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing API integration. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing connection. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing database. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing database role. |
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Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing external table. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing failover group. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing file format object. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing user-defined or external function. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing integration. |
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Replaces the existing masking policy rules with new rules or a new comment and allows the renaming of a masking policy. |
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Alters a materialized view in the current/specified schema. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing network policy. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing password policy. |
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Modifies a limited set of properties for an existing pipe object. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing stored procedure. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing replication group. |
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Modifies the properties and triggers for an existing resource monitor. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing custom role. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing row access policy, including renaming the policy or replacing the policy rules. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing schema, including renaming the schema or swapping it with another schema, and changing the Time Travel data retention period (if you are using Snowflake Enterprise Edition or higher). |
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Modifies the properties of an existing secret. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing security integration. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for external API authentication. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for External OAuth. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for a Snowflake OAuth client. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing SAML2 security integration. |
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Modifies the properties of an existing SCIM security integration. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing sequence. |
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Sets parameters that change the behavior for the current session. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing session policy. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing share. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing named internal or external stage. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing storage integration. |
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Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing stream. |
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Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing table. |
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This topic describes how to modify one or more column properties for a table using an |
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Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing event table. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing tag, including renaming the tag and setting a masking policy on a tag. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing task. |
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Modifies the properties and object/session parameters for an existing user in the system. |
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Modifies the properties for an existing view. |
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Suspends or resumes a virtual warehouse, or aborts all queries (and other SQL statements) for a warehouse. |
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B |
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Begins a transaction in the current session. |
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C |
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Calls a stored procedure. |
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Creates and calls an anonymous procedure that is like a stored procedure but is not stored for later use. |
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Adds a comment or overwrites an existing comment for an existing object. |
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Commits an open transaction in the current session. |
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Unloads data from a table (or query) into one or more files in one of the following locations. |
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Loads data from staged files to an existing table. |
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Creates a new object of the specified type. |
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Creates a new account in your organization. |
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Creates a new alert in the current schema. |
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Creates a new API integration object in the account, or replaces an existing API integration. |
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Creates a copy of an existing object in the system. |
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Creates a new connection in the account. |
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Creates a new database in the system. |
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Create a new database role or replace an existing database role in the system. |
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Creates an event table that captures events, including logged messages from functions and procedures. |
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Creates a new external function. |
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Creates a new external table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing external table. |
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Creates a new failover group of specified objects in the system. |
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Creates a named file format that describes a set of staged data to access or load into Snowflake tables. |
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Creates a new UDF (user-defined function). |
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Creates a new integration in the system or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new managed account. |
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Creates a new masking policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing masking policy. |
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Creates a new materialized view in the current/specified schema, based on a query of an existing table, and populates the view with data. |
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Creates a network policy. |
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Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new password policy or replaces an existing password policy. |
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Creates a new pipe in the system for defining the COPY INTO <table> statement used by Snowpipe to load data from an ingestion queue into tables. |
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Creates a new stored procedure. |
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Creates a new replication group of specified objects in the system. |
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Creates a new resource monitor. |
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Create a new role or replace an existing role in the system. |
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Creates a new row access policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing row access policy. |
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Creates a new schema in the current database. |
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Creates a new secret in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing secret. |
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Creates a new security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new security integration for external API authentication in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new External OAuth security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new Snowflake OAuth security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new SAML2 security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new SCIM security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new sequence, which can be used for generating sequential, unique numbers. |
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Creates a new session policy or replaces an existing session policy. |
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Creates a new, empty share. |
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Creates a new named internal or external stage to use for loading data from files into Snowflake tables and unloading data from tables into files. |
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Creates a new storage integration in the account or replaces an existing integration. |
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Creates a new stream in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing stream. |
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Creates a new table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing table. |
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This topic describes how to create constraints by specifying a |
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Creates a new tag or replaces an existing tag in the system. |
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Creates a new task in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing task. |
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Creates a new user or replaces an existing user in the system. |
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Creates a new view in the current/specified schema, based on a query of one or more existing tables (or any other valid query expression). |
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Creates a new virtual warehouse in the system. |
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D |
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Remove rows from a table. |
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Describes the details for the specified object. |
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Describes the properties of an alert. |
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Describes the database. |
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Describes the columns in an event table. |
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Describes the VALUE column and virtual columns in an external table. |
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Describes the properties and their current values for a file format, as well as the default values for each property. |
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Describes the specified user-defined function (UDF) or external function, including the signature (i.e. arguments), return value, language, and body (i.e. definition). |
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Describes the properties of an integration. |
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Describes the details about a masking policy, including the creation date, name, data type, and SQL expression. |
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Describes the columns in a materialized view. |
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Describes the properties specified for a network policy. |
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Describes the details about a password policy. |
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Describes the properties specified for a pipe, as well as the default values of the properties. |
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Describes the specified stored procedure, including the stored procedure’s signature (i.e. arguments), return value, language, and body (i.e. definition). |
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Describes the columns in the result of a query. |
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Describes a row access policy, including the creation date, name, data type, and SQL expression. |
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Describes the schema. |
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Describes the search optimization configuration for a specified table and its columns. |
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Describes the properties of a secret. |
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Describes a sequence, including the sequence’s interval. |
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Describes the details about a session policy. |
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Describes the data objects that are included in a share. |
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Describes the values specified for the properties in a stage (file format, copy, and location), as well as the default values for each property. |
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Describes the columns in a stream. |
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Describes either the columns in a table or the current values, as well as the default values, for the stage properties for a table. |
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Describes the columns in a task. |
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Describes the transaction, including the start time and the state (running, committed, rolled back). |
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Describes a user, including the current values for the user’s properties, as well as the default values. |
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Describes the columns in a view (or table). |
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Describes the warehouse. |
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Removes the specified object from the system. |
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Drops an existing alert. |
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Removes a connection from the account. |
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Removes a database from the system. |
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Removes the specified database role from the system. |
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Removes an external table from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes a failover group from the account. |
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Removes the specified file format from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes the specified user-defined function (UDF) or external function from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes an integration from the account. |
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Removes a managed account, including all objects created in the account, and immediately restricts access to the account. |
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Removes a masking policy from the system. |
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Removes the specified materialized view from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes the specified network policy from the system. |
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Removes a password policy from the system. |
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Removes the specified pipe from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes the specified stored procedure from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes a replication group from the account. |
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Removes the specified resource monitor from the system. |
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Removes the specified role from the system. |
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Removes a row access policy from the system. |
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Removes a schema from the current/specified database. |
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Removes a secret from the system. |
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Removes a sequence from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes a session policy from the system. |
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Removes the specified share from the system and immediately revokes access for all consumers (i.e. accounts who have created a database from the share). |
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Removes the specified named internal or external stage from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes a stream from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes a table from the current/specified schema, but retains a version of the table so that it can be recovered using UNDROP TABLE. |
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Removes a tag from the system. |
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Removes a task from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes the specified user from the system. |
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Removes the specified view from the current/specified schema. |
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Removes the specified virtual warehouse from the system. |
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E |
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Executes a string that contains a SQL statement or a Snowflake Scripting statement. |
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Manually triggers an asynchronous single run of a scheduled task (either a standalone task or the root task in a DAG (directed acyclic graph) of tasks) independent of the schedule defined for the task. |
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Returns the logical execution plan for the specified SQL statement. |
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Downloads data files from one of the following Snowflake stages to a local directory/folder on a client machine. |
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Assigns a database role to an account role or another database role. |
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Grants a database role to a share. |
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Transfers ownership of an object (or all objects of a specified type in a schema) from one role to another role. |
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Grants one or more access privileges on a securable object to a role or database role. |
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Grants access privileges for databases and other supported database objects (schemas, UDFs, tables, and views) to a share. |
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Assigns a role to a user or another role. |
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I |
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Updates a table by inserting one or more rows into the table. |
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Updates multiple tables by inserting one or more rows with column values (from a query) into the tables. |
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L |
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Returns a list of files that have been staged (i.e. uploaded from a local file system or unloaded from a table) in one of the following Snowflake stages. |
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M |
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Inserts, updates, and deletes values in a table based on values in a second table or a subquery. |
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P |
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Uploads (i.e. stages) data files from a local directory/folder on a client machine to one of the following Snowflake stages. |
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Removes files from either an external (external cloud storage) or internal (i.e. Snowflake) stage. |
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Revokes a database role from an account role or another database role. |
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Revokes a database role from a share. |
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Removes one or more privileges on a securable object from a role or database role. |
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Revokes access privileges for databases and other supported database objects (schemas, tables, and views) from a share. |
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Removes a role from another role or a user. |
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Rolls back an open transaction in the current session. |
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SELECT can be used as either a statement or as a clause within other statements. |
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Initializes the value of a session variable to the result of a SQL expression. |
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Lists the existing objects for the specified object type. |
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Lists the alerts for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the Snowpipe Streaming channels for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the columns in the tables or views for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the connections for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists all the database roles in a specified database. |
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Lists the databases for which you have access privileges across your entire account, including dropped databases that are still within the Time Travel retention period and, therefore, can be undropped. |
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Lists databases in a failover group. |
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Lists databases in a replication group. |
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Lists the active delegated authorizations for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the event tables for which you have access privileges, including dropped tables that are still within the Time Travel retention period and, therefore, can be undropped. |
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Lists all the external functions created for your account. |
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Lists the external tables for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the primary and secondary failover groups in your account, as well as the failover groups in other accounts that are associated with your account. |
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Lists the file formats for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists all the native (i.e. system-defined/built-in) scalar functions provided by Snowflake, as well as any user-defined functions (UDFs) or external functions that have been created for your account. |
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Lists all the accounts in your organization that are enabled for replication and indicates the Snowflake Region in which each account is located. |
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Lists all access control privileges that have been explicitly granted to roles, users, and shares. |
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Lists the integrations in your account. |
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Lists all running transactions that have locks on resources. |
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Lists the managed accounts created for your account. |
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Lists masking policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments. |
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Lists the materialized views that you have privileges to access. |
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Lists all network policies defined in the system. |
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Lists the tables and views for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists all the accounts in your organization, excluding managed accounts. |
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Lists all the account, session, and object parameters that can be set, as well as the current and default values for each parameter. |
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Lists password policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments. |
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Lists the pipes for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists primary keys for the specified table, or for all tables in the current or specified schema, or for all tables in the current or specified database, or for all tables in the current account. |
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Lists the stored procedures that you have privileges to access. |
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Lists all the regions in which accounts can be created. |
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Lists all the accounts in your organization that are enabled for replication and indicates the region in which each account is located. |
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Lists all the primary and secondary databases (i.e. all databases for which replication has been enabled) in your organization and indicates the region in which each account is located. |
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Lists all the resource monitors in your account for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists all the roles which you can view across your entire account, including the system-defined roles and any custom roles that exist. |
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Lists the row access policies for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the schemas for which you have access privileges, including dropped schemas that are still within the Time Travel retention period and, therefore, can be undropped. |
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Lists the secrets for which you have rights to see. |
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Lists all the sequences for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists session policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments. |
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Lists all shares available in the system. |
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Lists shares in a failover group. |
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Lists shares in a replication group. |
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Lists all the stages for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the streams for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists the tables for which you have access privileges, including dropped tables that are still within the Time Travel retention period and, therefore, can be undropped. |
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Lists the tag information. |
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Lists the tasks for which you have access privileges. |
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List all running transactions. |
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Lists all user-defined functions (UDFs) for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists all users in the system. |
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Lists all variables defined in the current session. |
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Lists the views, including secure views, for which you have access privileges. |
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Lists all the warehouses in your account for which you have access privileges. |
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Removes all rows from a materialized view, but leaves the view intact (including all privileges and constraints on the materialized view). |
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Removes all rows from a table but leaves the table intact (including all privileges and constraints on the table). |
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Restores the specified object to the system. |
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Restores the most recent version of a dropped database. |
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Restore the most recent version of a dropped schema. |
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Restores the most recent version of a dropped table. |
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Restores the most recent version of a tag to the system. |
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Drops a session variable. |
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Updates specified rows in the target table with new values. |
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Specifies the role, warehouse, database, or schema to use for the current session. |
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Specifies the active/current database for the session. |
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Specifies the active/current primary role for the session. |
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Specifies the active/current schema for the session. |
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Specifies the active/current secondary roles for the session. |
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Specifies the active/current warehouse for the session. |