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.

Command Name	Summary
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ALTER <object>	Modifies the metadata of an account-level or database object, or the parameters for a session.
ALTER ACCOUNT	Modifies an account.
ALTER ALERT	Modifies the properties of an existing alert and suspends or resumes an existing alert.
ALTER API INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties of an existing API integration.
ALTER CONNECTION	Modifies the properties for an existing connection.
ALTER DATABASE	Modifies the properties for an existing database.
ALTER DATABASE ROLE	Modifies the properties for an existing database role.
ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE	Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing external table.
ALTER FAILOVER GROUP	Modifies the properties for an existing failover group.
ALTER FILE FORMAT	Modifies the properties for an existing file format object.
ALTER FUNCTION	Modifies the properties of an existing user-defined or external function.
ALTER INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing integration.
ALTER MASKING POLICY	Replaces the existing masking policy rules with new rules or a new comment and allows the renaming of a masking policy.
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW	Alters a materialized view in the current/specified schema.
ALTER NETWORK POLICY	Modifies the properties for an existing network policy.
ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration.
ALTER PASSWORD POLICY	Modifies the properties for an existing password policy.
ALTER PIPE	Modifies a limited set of properties for an existing pipe object.
ALTER PROCEDURE	Modifies the properties for an existing stored procedure.
ALTER REPLICATION GROUP	Modifies the properties for an existing replication group.
ALTER RESOURCE MONITOR	Modifies the properties and triggers for an existing resource monitor.
ALTER ROLE	Modifies the properties for an existing custom role.
ALTER ROW ACCESS POLICY	Modifies the properties for an existing row access policy, including renaming the policy or replacing the policy rules.
ALTER SCHEMA	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).
ALTER SECRET	Modifies the properties of an existing secret.
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing security integration.
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION (External API Authentication)	Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for external API authentication.
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION (External OAuth)	Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for External OAuth.
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION (Snowflake OAuth)	Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for a Snowflake OAuth client.
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION (SAML2)	Modifies the properties of an existing SAML2 security integration.
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION (SCIM)	Modifies the properties of an existing SCIM security integration.
ALTER SEQUENCE	Modifies the properties for an existing sequence.
ALTER SESSION	Sets parameters that change the behavior for the current session.
ALTER SESSION POLICY	Modifies the properties for an existing session policy.
ALTER SHARE	Modifies the properties for an existing share.
ALTER STAGE	Modifies the properties for an existing named internal or external stage.
ALTER STORAGE INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing storage integration.
ALTER STREAM	Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing stream.
ALTER TABLE	Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing table.
ALTER TABLE … ALTER COLUMN	This topic describes how to modify one or more column properties for a table using an `ALTER COLUMN` clause in a ALTER TABLE statement.
ALTER TAG	Modifies the properties for an existing tag, including renaming the tag and setting a masking policy on a tag.
ALTER TASK	Modifies the properties for an existing task.
ALTER USER	Modifies the properties and object/session parameters for an existing user in the system.
ALTER VIEW	Modifies the properties for an existing view.
ALTER WAREHOUSE	Suspends or resumes a virtual warehouse, or aborts all queries (and other SQL statements) for a warehouse.
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BEGIN	Begins a transaction in the current session.
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CALL	Calls a stored procedure.
CALL (with Anonymous Procedure)	Creates and calls an anonymous procedure that is like a stored procedure but is not stored for later use.
COMMENT	Adds a comment or overwrites an existing comment for an existing object.
COMMIT	Commits an open transaction in the current session.
COPY INTO <location>	Unloads data from a table (or query) into one or more files in one of the following locations.
COPY INTO <table>	Loads data from staged files to an existing table.
CREATE <object>	Creates a new object of the specified type.
CREATE ACCOUNT	Creates a new account in your organization.
CREATE ALERT	Creates a new alert in the current schema.
CREATE API INTEGRATION	Creates a new API integration object in the account, or replaces an existing API integration.
CREATE <object> … CLONE	Creates a copy of an existing object in the system.
CREATE CONNECTION	Creates a new connection in the account.
CREATE DATABASE	Creates a new database in the system.
CREATE DATABASE ROLE	Create a new database role or replace an existing database role in the system.
CREATE EXTERNAL FUNCTION	Creates a new external function.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE	Creates a new external table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing external table.
CREATE FAILOVER GROUP	Creates a new failover group of specified objects in the system.
CREATE FILE FORMAT	Creates a named file format that describes a set of staged data to access or load into Snowflake tables.
CREATE FUNCTION	Creates a new UDF (user-defined function).
CREATE INTEGRATION	Creates a new integration in the system or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE MANAGED ACCOUNT	Creates a new managed account.
CREATE MASKING POLICY	Creates a new masking policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing masking policy.
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW	Creates a new materialized view in the current/specified schema, based on a query of an existing table, and populates the view with data.
CREATE NETWORK POLICY	Creates a network policy.
CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION	Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE PASSWORD POLICY	Creates a new password policy or replaces an existing password policy.
CREATE PIPE	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.
CREATE PROCEDURE	Creates a new stored procedure.
CREATE REPLICATION GROUP	Creates a new replication group of specified objects in the system.
CREATE RESOURCE MONITOR	Creates a new resource monitor.
CREATE ROLE	Create a new role or replace an existing role in the system.
CREATE ROW ACCESS POLICY	Creates a new row access policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing row access policy.
CREATE SCHEMA	Creates a new schema in the current database.
CREATE SECRET	Creates a new secret in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing secret.
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION	Creates a new security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION (External API Authentication)	Creates a new external API authentication security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION (External OAuth)	Creates a new External OAuth security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION (Snowflake OAuth)	Creates a new Snowflake OAuth security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION (SAML2)	Creates a new SAML2 security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION (SCIM)	Creates a new SCIM security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE SEQUENCE	Creates a new sequence, which can be used for generating sequential, unique numbers.
CREATE SESSION POLICY	Creates a new session policy or replaces an existing session policy.
CREATE SHARE	Creates a new, empty share.
CREATE STAGE	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.
CREATE STORAGE INTEGRATION	Creates a new storage integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.
CREATE STREAM	Creates a new stream in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing stream.
CREATE TABLE	Creates a new table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing table.
CREATE \| ALTER TABLE … CONSTRAINT	This topic describes how to create constraints by specifying a `CONSTRAINT` clause in a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE statement.
CREATE TAG	Creates a new tag or replaces an existing tag in the system.
CREATE TASK	Creates a new task in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing task.
CREATE USER	Creates a new user or replaces an existing user in the system.
CREATE VIEW	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).
CREATE WAREHOUSE	Creates a new virtual warehouse in the system.
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DELETE	Remove rows from a table.
DESCRIBE <object>	Describes the details for the specified object.
DESCRIBE ALERT	Describes the properties of an alert.
DESCRIBE DATABASE	Describes the database.
DESCRIBE EXTERNAL TABLE	Describes the VALUE column and virtual columns in an external table.
DESCRIBE FILE FORMAT	Describes the properties and their current values for a file format, as well as the default values for each property.
DESCRIBE FUNCTION	Describes the specified user-defined function (UDF) or external function, including the signature (i.e. arguments), return value, language, and body (i.e. definition).
DESCRIBE INTEGRATION	Describes the properties of an integration.
DESCRIBE MASKING POLICY	Describes the details about a masking policy, including the creation date, name, data type, and SQL expression.
DESCRIBE MATERIALIZED VIEW	Describes the columns in a materialized view.
DESCRIBE NETWORK POLICY	Describes the properties specified for a network policy.
DESCRIBE PASSWORD POLICY	Describes the details about a password policy.
DESCRIBE PIPE	Describes the properties specified for a pipe, as well as the default values of the properties.
DESCRIBE PROCEDURE	Describes the specified stored procedure, including the stored procedure’s signature (i.e. arguments), return value, language, and body (i.e. definition).
DESCRIBE RESULT	Describes the columns in the result of a query.
DESCRIBE ROW ACCESS POLICY	Describes a row access policy, including the creation date, name, data type, and SQL expression.
DESCRIBE SCHEMA	Describes the schema.
DESCRIBE SEARCH OPTIMIZATION	Describes the search optimization configuration for a specified table and its columns.
DESCRIBE SECRET	Describes the properties of a secret.
DESCRIBE SEQUENCE	Describes a sequence, including the sequence’s interval.
DESCRIBE SESSION POLICY	Describes the details about a session policy.
DESCRIBE SHARE	Describes the data objects that are included in a share.
DESCRIBE STAGE	Describes the values specified for the properties in a stage (file format, copy, and location), as well as the default values for each property.
DESCRIBE STREAM	Describes the columns in a stream.
DESCRIBE TABLE	Describes either the columns in a table or the current values, as well as the default values, for the stage properties for a table.
DESCRIBE TASK	Describes the columns in a task.
DESCRIBE TRANSACTION	Describes the transaction, including the start time and the state (running, committed, rolled back).
DESCRIBE USER	Describes a user, including the current values for the user’s properties, as well as the default values.
DESCRIBE VIEW	Describes the columns in a view (or table).
DESCRIBE WAREHOUSE	Describes the warehouse.
DROP <object>	Removes the specified object from the system.
DROP ALERT	Drops an existing alert.
DROP CONNECTION	Removes a connection from the account.
DROP DATABASE	Removes a database from the system.
DROP DATABASE ROLE	Removes the specified database role from the system.
DROP EXTERNAL TABLE	Removes an external table from the current/specified schema.
DROP FAILOVER GROUP	Removes a failover group from the account.
DROP FILE FORMAT	Removes the specified file format from the current/specified schema.
DROP FUNCTION	Removes the specified user-defined function (UDF) or external function from the current/specified schema.
DROP INTEGRATION	Removes an integration from the account.
DROP MANAGED ACCOUNT	Removes a managed account, including all objects created in the account, and immediately restricts access to the account.
DROP MASKING POLICY	Removes a masking policy from the system.
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW	Removes the specified materialized view from the current/specified schema.
DROP NETWORK POLICY	Removes the specified network policy from the system.
DROP PASSWORD POLICY	Removes a password policy from the system.
DROP PIPE	Removes the specified pipe from the current/specified schema.
DROP PROCEDURE	Removes the specified stored procedure from the current/specified schema.
DROP REPLICATION GROUP	Removes a replication group from the account.
DROP RESOURCE MONITOR	Removes the specified resource monitor from the system.
DROP ROLE	Removes the specified role from the system.
DROP ROW ACCESS POLICY	Removes a row access policy from the system.
DROP SCHEMA	Removes a schema from the current/specified database.
DROP SECRET	Removes a secret from the system.
DROP SEQUENCE	Removes a sequence from the current/specified schema.
DROP SESSION POLICY	Removes a session policy from the system.
DROP SHARE	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).
DROP STAGE	Removes the specified named internal or external stage from the current/specified schema.
DROP STREAM	Removes a stream from the current/specified schema.
DROP TABLE	Removes a table from the current/specified schema, but retains a version of the table so that it can be recovered using UNDROP TABLE.
DROP TAG	Removes a tag from the system.
DROP TASK	Removes a task from the current/specified schema.
DROP USER	Removes the specified user from the system.
DROP VIEW	Removes the specified view from the current/specified schema.
DROP WAREHOUSE	Removes the specified virtual warehouse from the system.
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EXECUTE IMMEDIATE	Executes a string that contains a SQL statement or a Snowflake Scripting statement.
EXECUTE TASK	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.
EXPLAIN	Returns the logical execution plan for the specified SQL statement.
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GET	Downloads data files from one of the following Snowflake stages to a local directory/folder on a client machine.
GRANT DATABASE ROLE	Assigns a database role to an account role or another database role.
GRANT DATABASE ROLE … TO SHARE	Grants a database role to a share.
GRANT OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of an object (or all objects of a specified type in a schema) from one role to another role.
GRANT <privileges>	Grants one or more access privileges on a securable object to a role or database role.
GRANT <privilege> … TO SHARE	Grants access privileges for databases and other supported database objects (schemas, UDFs, tables, and views) to a share.
GRANT ROLE	Assigns a role to a user or another role.
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INSERT	Updates a table by inserting one or more rows into the table.
INSERT (multi-table)	Updates multiple tables by inserting one or more rows with column values (from a query) into the tables.
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LIST	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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MERGE	Inserts, updates, and deletes values in a table based on values in a second table or a subquery.
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PUT	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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REMOVE	Removes files from either an external (external cloud storage) or internal (i.e. Snowflake) stage.
REVOKE DATABASE ROLE	Revokes a database role from an account role or another database role.
REVOKE DATABASE ROLE … FROM SHARE	Revokes a database role from a share.
REVOKE <privileges>	Removes one or more privileges on a securable object from a role or database role.
REVOKE <privilege> … FROM SHARE	Revokes access privileges for databases and other supported database objects (schemas, tables, and views) from a share.
REVOKE ROLE	Removes a role from another role or a user.
ROLLBACK	Rolls back an open transaction in the current session.
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SELECT	SELECT can be used as either a statement or as a clause within other statements.
SET	Initializes the value of a session variable to the result of a SQL expression.
SHOW <objects>	Lists the existing objects for the specified object type.
SHOW ALERTS	Lists the alerts for which you have access privileges.
SHOW COLUMNS	Lists the columns in the tables or views for which you have access privileges.
SHOW CONNECTIONS	Lists the connections for which you have access privileges.
SHOW DATABASE ROLES	Lists all the database roles in a specified database.
SHOW DATABASES	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.
SHOW DATABASES IN FAILOVER GROUP	Lists databases in a failover group.
SHOW DATABASES IN REPLICATION GROUP	Lists databases in a replication group.
SHOW DELEGATED AUTHORIZATIONS	Lists the active delegated authorizations for which you have access privileges.
SHOW EXTERNAL FUNCTIONS	Lists all the external functions created for your account.
SHOW EXTERNAL TABLES	Lists the external tables for which you have access privileges.
SHOW FAILOVER GROUPS	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.
SHOW FILE FORMATS	Lists the file formats for which you have access privileges.
SHOW FUNCTIONS	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.
SHOW GLOBAL ACCOUNTS	Lists all the accounts in your organization that are enabled for replication and indicates the Snowflake Region in which each account is located.
SHOW GRANTS	Lists all access control privileges that have been explicitly granted to roles, users, and shares.
SHOW INTEGRATIONS	Lists the integrations in your account.
SHOW LOCKS	Lists all running transactions that have locks on resources.
SHOW MANAGED ACCOUNTS	Lists the managed accounts created for your account.
SHOW MASKING POLICIES	Lists masking policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments.
SHOW MATERIALIZED VIEWS	Lists the materialized views that you have privileges to access.
SHOW NETWORK POLICIES	Lists all network policies defined in the system.
SHOW OBJECTS	Lists the tables and views for which you have access privileges.
SHOW ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS	Lists all the accounts in your organization, excluding managed accounts.
SHOW PARAMETERS	Lists all the account, session, and object parameters that can be set, as well as the current and default values for each parameter.
SHOW PASSWORD POLICIES	Lists password policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments.
SHOW PIPES	Lists the pipes for which you have access privileges.
SHOW PRIMARY KEYS	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.
SHOW PROCEDURES	Lists the stored procedures that you have privileges to access.
SHOW REGIONS	Lists all the regions in which accounts can be created.
SHOW REPLICATION ACCOUNTS	Lists all the accounts in your organization that are enabled for replication and indicates the region in which each account is located.
SHOW REPLICATION DATABASES	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.
SHOW REPLICATION GROUPS	Lists each primary or secondary replication or failover group in this account.
SHOW RESOURCE MONITORS	Lists all the resource monitors in your account for which you have access privileges.
SHOW ROLES	Lists all the roles which you can view across your entire account, including the system-defined roles and any custom roles that exist.
SHOW ROW ACCESS POLICIES	Lists the row access policies for which you have access privileges.
SHOW SCHEMAS	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.
SHOW SECRETS	Lists the secrets for which you have rights to see.
SHOW SEQUENCES	Lists all the sequences for which you have access privileges.
SHOW SESSION POLICIES	Lists session policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments.
SHOW SHARES	Lists all shares available in the system.
SHOW SHARES IN FAILOVER GROUP	Lists shares in a failover group.
SHOW SHARES IN REPLICATION GROUP	Lists shares in a replication group.
SHOW STAGES	Lists all the stages for which you have access privileges.
SHOW STREAMS	Lists the streams for which you have access privileges.
SHOW TABLES	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.
SHOW TAGS	Lists the tag information.
SHOW TASKS	Lists the tasks for which you have access privileges.
SHOW TRANSACTIONS	List all running transactions.
SHOW USER FUNCTIONS	Lists all user-defined functions (UDFs) for which you have access privileges.
SHOW USERS	Lists all users in the system.
SHOW VARIABLES	Lists all variables defined in the current session.
SHOW VIEWS	Lists the views, including secure views, for which you have access privileges.
SHOW WAREHOUSES	Lists all the warehouses in your account for which you have access privileges.
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TRUNCATE MATERIALIZED VIEW	Removes all rows from a materialized view, but leaves the view intact (including all privileges and constraints on the materialized view).
TRUNCATE TABLE	Removes all rows from a table but leaves the table intact (including all privileges and constraints on the table).
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UNDROP <object>	Restores the specified object to the system.
UNDROP DATABASE	Restores the most recent version of a dropped database.
UNDROP SCHEMA	Restore the most recent version of a dropped schema.
UNDROP TABLE	Restores the most recent version of a dropped table.
UNDROP TAG	Restores the most recent version of a tag to the system.
UNSET	Drops a session variable.
UPDATE	Updates specified rows in the target table with new values.
USE <object>	Specifies the role, warehouse, database, or schema to use for the current session.
USE DATABASE	Specifies the active/current database for the session.
USE ROLE	Specifies the active/current primary role for the session.
USE SCHEMA	Specifies the active/current schema for the session.
USE SECONDARY ROLES	Specifies the active/current secondary roles for the session.
USE WAREHOUSE	Specifies the active/current warehouse for the session.