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 AGGREGATION POLICY

Replaces the existing rules or comment of an aggregation policy.

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 APPLICATION

Modifies the properties of an installed

ALTER APPLICATION PACKAGE

Modifies the properties of an existing application package in the Native Apps Framework.

ALTER APPLICATION PACKAGE … RELEASE DIRECTIVE

Modifies the properties of an existing application package in the Native Apps Framework.

ALTER APPLICATION PACKAGE … VERSION

Modifies the versioning of an existing application package in the Native Apps Framework.

ALTER APPLICATION ROLE

Modifies the properties for an existing application role.

ALTER AUTHENTICATION POLICY

Modifies the properties of an authentication policy.

ALTER CATALOG INTEGRATION

Modifies the properties of an existing catalog integration.

ALTER COMPUTE POOL

Modifies the properties of an existing compute pool.

ALTER CONNECTION

Modifies the properties for an existing connection.

ALTER CORTEX SEARCH SERVICE

Modifies the properties of an existing Cortex Search service.

ALTER DATABASE

Modifies the properties for an existing database.

ALTER DATABASE ROLE

Modifies the properties for an existing database role.

ALTER DYNAMIC TABLE

Modifies the properties of a dynamic table.

ALTER EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION

Modifies the properties of an existing external access integration.

ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE

Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing external table.

ALTER EXTERNAL VOLUME

Modifies the properties for an existing external volume.

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 FUNCTION (DMF)

Modifies the properties of an existing data metric function (DMF).

ALTER FUNCTION (Snowpark Container Services)

Modifies the properties of an existing service function.

ALTER GIT REPOSITORY

Modifies the properties of an existing Git repository stage.

ALTER ICEBERG TABLE

Modifies properties such as clustering options and tags for an existing Apache Iceberg™ table.

ALTER ICEBERG TABLE … ALTER COLUMN … SET DATA TYPE

Modifies (evolves) a structured type column in a Snowflake-managed Apache Iceberg™ table.

ALTER ICEBERG TABLE … CONVERT TO MANAGED

Converts an Apache Iceberg™ table that uses an external Iceberg catalog into a table that uses Snowflake as the catalog (a Snowflake-managed Iceberg table).

ALTER ICEBERG TABLE … REFRESH

Refreshes the metadata for an Apache Iceberg™ table that uses an external Iceberg catalog.

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 MODEL

Modifies the properties for an existing model, including its name, tags, default version, or comment.

ALTER MODEL … ADD VERSION

Adds a new version to an existing model from an existing model version.

ALTER MODEL … DROP VERSION

Removes a version from the specified machine learning model.

ALTER MODEL … MODIFY VERSION

Modifies a version of a model, changing the version’s comment or metadata.

ALTER NETWORK POLICY

Modifies the properties for an existing network policy.

ALTER NETWORK RULE

Modifies an existing network rule.

ALTER NOTEBOOK

Modifies the properties of an existing notebook.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (email)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for sending email messages.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (inbound from an Azure Event Grid topic)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for receiving messages from an Azure Event Grid topic.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (inbound from a Google Pub/Sub topic)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for receiving messages from a Google Pub/Sub topic.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (outbound to an Amazon SNS topic)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for sending a message to an Amazon SNS topic.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (outbound to an Azure Event Grid topic)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for sending a message to an Azure Event Grid topic.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (outbound to a Google Pub/Sub topic)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for sending a message to a Google Pub/Sub topic.

ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (webhooks)

Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration for a webhook.

ALTER ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT

Modifies the properties of an existing organization account.

ALTER PACKAGES POLICY

Modifies the properties for an existing packages policy.

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 PRIVACY POLICY

Modifies the properties of an existing privacy policy.

ALTER PROCEDURE

Modifies the properties for an existing stored procedure.

ALTER PROJECTION POLICY

Replaces the existing projection policy rules with new rules or a new comment and allows the renaming of a projection policy.

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 (AWS IAM Authentication)

Modifies the properties of an existing security integration created for authenticating with AWS IAM.

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 SERVICE

Modifies Snowpark Container Services service configuration, upgrades the code for the service, and allows you to suspend or resume a service.

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 SNAPSHOT

Modifies the properties of an existing snapshot.

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 STREAMLIT

Modifies the properties of an existing Streamlit object.

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 TABLE (event tables)

Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing event table.

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 FILES

Copies files from one stage to another.

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 AGGREGATION POLICY

Creates a new aggregation policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing aggregation policy.

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 APPLICATION

Creates a new application object using an application package or listing.

CREATE APPLICATION PACKAGE

Creates a new application package that contains the data content and application logic of an application using the Native Apps Framework.

CREATE APPLICATION ROLE

Creates a new application role or replaces an existing application role.

CREATE AUTHENTICATION POLICY

Creates a new authentication policy in the current or specified schema or replaces an existing authentication policy.

CREATE CATALOG INTEGRATION

Creates a new catalog integration for Apache Iceberg™ tables in the account or replaces an existing catalog integration.

CREATE CATALOG INTEGRATION (AWS Glue)

Creates a new catalog integration in the account or replaces an existing catalog integration for Apache Iceberg™ tables that use AWS Glue as the catalog.

CREATE CATALOG INTEGRATION (Object storage)

Creates a new catalog integration in the account or replaces an existing catalog integration for the following sources.

CREATE CATALOG INTEGRATION (Polaris Catalog)

Creates a new catalog integration for Apache Iceberg™ tables that integrate with Polaris Catalog in the account or replaces an existing catalog integration.

CREATE CATALOG INTEGRATION (Apache Iceberg™ REST)

Creates a new catalog integration in the account or replaces an existing catalog integration for Apache Iceberg™ tables managed in a remote catalog that complies with the open source Apache Iceberg™ REST OpenAPI specification.

CREATE <object> … CLONE

Creates a copy of an existing object in the system.

CREATE COMPUTE POOL

Creates a new compute pool in the current account.

CREATE CONNECTION

Creates a new connection in the account.

CREATE CORTEX SEARCH SERVICE

Creates a new Cortex Search service or replaces an existing one.

CREATE DATA METRIC FUNCTION

Creates a new data metric function (DMF) in the current or specified schema, or replaces an existing data metric function.

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 DYNAMIC TABLE

Creates a dynamic table, based on a specified query.

CREATE EVENT TABLE

Creates an event table that captures events, including logged messages from functions and procedures.

CREATE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION

Creates an external access integration for access to external network locations from a UDF or procedure handler.

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 EXTERNAL VOLUME

Creates a new external volume for Apache Iceberg™ tables in the account or replaces an existing external volume.

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 FUNCTION (Snowpark Container Services)

Creates a service function.

CREATE GIT REPOSITORY

Creates a Git repository stage in the schema or replaces an existing Git repository stage.

CREATE HYBRID TABLE

Creates a new hybrid table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing table.

CREATE ICEBERG TABLE

Creates or replaces an Apache Iceberg™ table in the current/specified schema.

CREATE ICEBERG TABLE (AWS Glue as the Iceberg catalog)

Creates or replaces an Apache Iceberg™ table in the current/specified schema using an Iceberg table that is registered in the AWS Glue Data Catalog.

CREATE ICEBERG TABLE (Delta files in object storage)

Creates or replaces an Apache Iceberg™ table in the current/specified schema using Delta table files in object storage (external cloud storage).

CREATE ICEBERG TABLE (Iceberg files in object storage)

Creates or replaces an Apache Iceberg™ table in the current/specified schema using Iceberg files in object storage (external cloud storage).

CREATE ICEBERG TABLE (Iceberg REST catalog)

Creates or replaces an Apache Iceberg™ table in the current/specified schema for an Iceberg REST catalog.

CREATE ICEBERG TABLE (Snowflake as the Iceberg catalog)

Creates or replaces an Apache Iceberg™ table that uses Snowflake as the Iceberg catalog in the current/specified schema.

CREATE IMAGE REPOSITORY

Creates a new image repository in the current schema.

CREATE INDEX

Creates a new secondary index in an existing hybrid table and populates the index with data.

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 MODEL

Creates a new machine learning model in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing model.

CREATE NETWORK POLICY

Creates a network policy or replaces an existing network policy.

CREATE NETWORK RULE

Creates a network rule or replaces an existing network rule.

CREATE NOTEBOOK

Creates a new Snowflake notebook or replaces an existing notebook.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (email)

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration for sending email messages.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (inbound from an Azure Event Grid topic)

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration for receiving messages from an Azure Event Grid topic.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (inbound from a Google Pub/Sub topic)

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration for receiving messages from a Google Pub/Sub topic.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (outbound to an Amazon SNS topic)

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration for sending a message to an Amazon SNS topic.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (outbound to an Azure Event Grid topic)

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration for sending a message to an Azure Event Grid topic.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (outbound to a Google Pub/Sub topic)

Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration for sending a message to a Google Pub/Sub topic.

CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION (webhooks)

Creates a new notification integration or replaces an existing integration for a webhook.

CREATE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT

Creates a new organization account.

CREATE PACKAGES POLICY

Creates a new packages policy or replaces an existing packages policy.

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 PRIVACY POLICY

Creates a new privacy policy or replaces an existing privacy policy.

CREATE PROCEDURE

Creates a new stored procedure.

CREATE PROJECTION POLICY

Creates a new projection policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing projection policy.

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 or 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 security integration for external API Authentication in the account or replaces an existing integration.

CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION (AWS IAM Authentication)

Creates a new security integration for external authentication using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity and Access Management (IAM).

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 SERVICE

Creates a new Snowpark Container Services service in the current schema.

CREATE SESSION POLICY

Creates a new session policy or replaces an existing session policy.

CREATE SHARE

Creates a new, empty share.

CREATE SNAPSHOT

Creates or replaces a snapshot of a named volume from the specified service instance.

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 STREAMLIT

Creates a new Streamlit application object in Snowflake or replaces an existing Streamlit application object in the same schema.

CREATE TABLE

Creates a new table in the current/specified schema, replaces an existing table, or alters an existing table.

CREATE | ALTER TABLE … CONSTRAINT

This topic describes how to create constraints by specifying a CONSTRAINT clause in a CREATE TABLE, CREATE HYBRID 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 OR ALTER VERSIONED SCHEMA

Creates a new versioned schema or modifies an existing versioned schema.

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 AGGREGATION POLICY

Describes the details about an aggregation policy, including the creation date, name, and the SQL expression.

DESCRIBE ALERT

Describes the properties of an alert.

DESCRIBE APPLICATION

Displays information about an application object.

DESCRIBE AUTHENTICATION POLICY

Describes the properties of an authentication policy.

DESCRIBE CATALOG INTEGRATION

Describes the properties of a catalog integration.

DESCRIBE COMPUTE POOL

Describes the properties of a compute pool.

DESCRIBE CORTEX SEARCH SERVICE

Describes the properties of a Cortex Search service.

DESCRIBE DATABASE

Describes the database.

DESCRIBE DYNAMIC TABLE

Describes the columns in a dynamic table.

DESCRIBE EVENT TABLE

Describes the columns in an event table.

DESCRIBE EXTERNAL TABLE

Describes the VALUE column and virtual columns in an external table.

DESCRIBE EXTERNAL VOLUME

Describes the properties of an external volume.

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 FUNCTION (DMF)

Describes the specified data metric function (DMF), including the signature (arguments), return value, language, and body (definition).

DESCRIBE FUNCTION (Snowpark Container Services)

Describes the specified service function, including the signature (arguments), return value, language, and body (path to the Snowpark Container Services service).

DESCRIBE GIT REPOSITORY

Describes an existing Git repository stage.

DESCRIBE ICEBERG TABLE

Describes either the columns in an Apache Iceberg™ table or the current values, as well as the default values, for the properties of an Iceberg table.

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 NETWORK RULE

Describes the properties specified for a network rule.

DESCRIBE NOTEBOOK

Describes the properties of a notebook.

DESCRIBE PACKAGES POLICY

Describes the details about a packages 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 PRIVACY POLICY

Describes the properties of a privacy policy.

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 PROJECTION POLICY

Describes the details about a projection policy, including the creation date, name, and the SQL expression.

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 SERVICE

Describes the properties of a Snowpark Container Services service (including job services).

DESCRIBE SESSION POLICY

Describes the details about a session policy.

DESCRIBE SHARE

Describes the data objects that are included in a share.

DESCRIBE SNAPSHOT

Describes the properties of a snapshot.

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 STREAMLIT

Describes the columns in a Streamlit object.

DESCRIBE TABLE

Describes either the columns in a table or the set of stage properties for the table (current values and default values).

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 ACCOUNT

Drops an account, which initiates the process of deleting the account.

DROP AGGREGATION POLICY

Removes an aggregation policy from the current/specified schema.

DROP ALERT

Drops an existing alert.

DROP APPLICATION

Removes an application from the system in the Native Apps Framework.

DROP APPLICATION PACKAGE

Removes an application package from the system in the Native Apps Framework.

DROP APPLICATION ROLE

Removes the specified application role from the system.

DROP AUTHENTICATION POLICY

Removes an authentication policy from the system.

DROP CATALOG INTEGRATION

Removes a catalog integration from the account.

DROP COMPUTE POOL

Removes the specified compute pool from the account.

DROP CONNECTION

Removes a connection from the account.

DROP CORTEX SEARCH SERVICE

Removes the specified Cortex Search service from the current schema.

DROP DATABASE

Removes a database from the system.

DROP DATABASE ROLE

Removes the specified database role from the system.

DROP DYNAMIC TABLE

Removes a dynamic table from the current/specified schema.

DROP EXTERNAL TABLE

Removes an external table from the current/specified schema.

DROP EXTERNAL VOLUME

Removes an external volume from the account, but retains a version of the external volume so that it can be recovered using UNDROP EXTERNAL VOLUME.

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 FUNCTION (DMF)

Removes the specified data metric function (DMF) from the current or specified schema.

DROP FUNCTION (Snowpark Container Services)

Removes the specified service function.

DROP GIT REPOSITORY

Removes the specified Git repository stage from the current/specified schema.

DROP ICEBERG TABLE

Removes an Apache Iceberg™ table from the current/specified schema, but retains a version of the Iceberg table so that it can be recovered using UNDROP ICEBERG TABLE.

DROP IMAGE REPOSITORY

Removes the specified image repository from the current or specified schema.

DROP INDEX

Drops a secondary index.

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 MODEL

Removes a machine learning model from the current/specified schema.

DROP NETWORK POLICY

Removes the specified network policy from the system.

DROP NETWORK RULE

Removes the specified network rule from the system.

DROP NOTEBOOK

Removes the specified notebook from the current/specified schema.

DROP PACKAGES POLICY

Removes a packages 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 PRIVACY POLICY

Removes the specified privacy policy from the current/specified schema.

DROP PROCEDURE

Removes the specified stored procedure from the current/specified schema.

DROP PROJECTION POLICY

Removes a projection policy 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 SERVICE

Removes the specified Snowpark Container Services service from the current or 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 SNAPSHOT

Removes a snapshot.

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 STREAMLIT

Removes the specified Streamlit object 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 ALERT

Manually executes an alert independent of the schedule for the alert.

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

Executes a string that contains a SQL statement or a Snowflake Scripting statement.

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE FROM

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE FROM executes the SQL statements specified in a file in a stage.

EXECUTE JOB SERVICE

Executes a Snowpark Container Services service as a job.

EXECUTE NOTEBOOK

Executes all the cells in the live version of a notebook.

EXECUTE TASK

Manually triggers an asynchronous single run of a task (either a standalone task or the root task in a task graph) independent of the schedule defined for the task.

EXPLAIN

Returns the logical execution plan for the specified SQL statement.

G

GET

Downloads data files from one of the following internal stage types to a local directory or folder on a client machine.

GRANT APPLICATION ROLE

Assigns an application role to an account role or another application role.

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 <privileges> … TO APPLICATION

Grants one or more access privileges on a securable object to an application.

GRANT <privileges> … TO APPLICATION ROLE

Grants one or more access privileges on a securable schema-level object to an application 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.

GRANT SERVICE ROLE

Assigns a service role to an account role, application role, or database role.

I

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.

L

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.

M

MERGE

Inserts, updates, and deletes values in a table based on values in a second table or a subquery.

P

PUT

Uploads data files from a local file system to one of the following Snowflake stages.

R

REMOVE

Removes files from either an external (external cloud storage) or internal (i.e. Snowflake) stage.

REVOKE APPLICATION ROLE

Revokes an application role from an account role or another application role.

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 <privileges> FROM APPLICATION

Revokes one or more access privileges on a securable object from an application.

REVOKE <privileges> FROM APPLICATION ROLE

Revokes one or more access privileges on a securable schema-level object from an application 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.

REVOKE SERVICE ROLE

Revokes a service role from an account role, application role, or database role.

ROLLBACK

Rolls back an open transaction in the current session.

S

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 ACCOUNTS

Lists all the accounts in your organization, excluding managed accounts.

SHOW AGGREGATION POLICIES

Lists information about existing aggregation policies, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments.

SHOW ALERTS

Lists the alerts for which you have access privileges.

SHOW APPLICATION PACKAGES

Lists the application packages for which you have access privileges across your entire account in the Native Apps Framework.

SHOW APPLICATION ROLES

Lists the application roles in the specified app for which for which you have access privileges.

SHOW APPLICATIONS

Lists the application objects for which you have access privileges across your entire account in the

SHOW AUTHENTICATION POLICIES

Lists all authentication policies defined in the system.

SHOW CATALOG INTEGRATIONS

Lists the catalog integrations in your account.

SHOW CHANNELS

Lists the Snowpipe Streaming channels for which you have access privileges.

SHOW CLASSES

Lists all available classes.

SHOW COLUMNS

Lists the columns in the tables or views for which you have access privileges.

SHOW COMPUTE POOLS

Lists the compute pools in your account for which you have access privileges.

SHOW CONNECTIONS

Lists the connections for which you have access privileges.

SHOW CORTEX SEARCH SERVICES

Lists the Cortex Search services for which you have access privileges.

SHOW DATA METRIC FUNCTIONS

Lists the data metric functions (DMFs) for which you have access privileges.

SHOW DATABASE ROLES

Lists all the database roles in the 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 DYNAMIC TABLES

Lists the dynamic tables for which you have access privileges.

SHOW ENDPOINTS

Lists the endpoints in a Snowpark Container Services service (or a job service).

SHOW EVENT TABLES

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.

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 EXTERNAL VOLUMES

Lists the external volumes in your account 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 native, user-defined, and external functions.

SHOW FUNCTIONS IN MODEL

Lists functions defined in machine learning models.

SHOW GIT BRANCHES

Lists the Git repository branches in the specified repository.

SHOW GIT REPOSITORIES

Lists the Git repository stages that you have privileges to access.

SHOW GIT TAGS

Lists the Git repository tags in the specified Git repository.

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 HYBRID TABLES

Lists the hybrid tables for which you have access privileges.

SHOW ICEBERG TABLES

Lists the Apache Iceberg™ tables for which you have access privileges.

SHOW IMAGE REPOSITORIES

Lists the image repositories for which you have access privileges.

SHOW IMAGES IN IMAGE REPOSITORY

Lists the images in an image repository.

SHOW INDEXES

Lists all the indexes in your account for which you have access privileges.

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 MODELS

Lists the machine learning models that you have privileges to access.

SHOW NETWORK POLICIES

Lists all network policies defined in the system.

SHOW NETWORK RULES

Lists all network rules defined in the system.

SHOW NOTEBOOKS

Lists the notebooks for which you have access privileges.

SHOW OBJECTS

Lists the tables and views for which you have access privileges.

SHOW ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS

Lists the organization account of the organization.

SHOW PACKAGES POLICIES

Lists packages policy information.

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 one or more tables.

SHOW PRIVACY POLICIES

Lists the privacy policies for which you have access privileges.

SHOW PRIVILEGES

Lists the privileges granted to an application.

SHOW PROCEDURES

Lists the stored procedures that you have privileges to access.

SHOW PROJECTION POLICIES

Lists projection policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments.

SHOW REFERENCES

Lists the references defined for an application in the manifest file and the references the consumer has associated to the application.

SHOW REGIONS

Lists all the regions in which accounts can be created.

SHOW RELEASE DIRECTIVES

Lists the release directives defined for an application package in the Native Apps Framework.

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 (that is to say, all the databases for which replication has been enabled) in your account 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 ROLES IN SERVICE

Lists all the service roles associated with a service.

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 SERVICE CONTAINERS IN SERVICE

Lists the containers in all instances of a service.

SHOW SERVICE INSTANCES IN SERVICE

Lists instances of a service.

SHOW SERVICES

Lists the Snowpark Container Services services (including job services) 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 SNAPSHOTS

Lists the snapshots for which you have access privileges.

SHOW STAGES

Lists all the stages for which you have access privileges.

SHOW STREAMLITS

Lists the Streamlit objects 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 TELEMETRY EVENT DEFINITIONS

Lists the event definitions for the specified app.

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 VERSIONS

Lists the versions defined in the specified application package.

SHOW VERSIONS IN MODEL

Lists the versions in a machine learning model.

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.

T

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).

U

UNDROP <object>

Restores the specified object to the system.

UNDROP ACCOUNT

Restores a dropped account that has not yet been permanently deleted (a dropped account that is within its grace period).

UNDROP DATABASE

Restores the most recent version of a dropped database.

UNDROP DYNAMIC TABLE

Restores the most recent version of a dropped dynamic table.

UNDROP EXTERNAL VOLUME

Restores the most recent version of a dropped external volume.

UNDROP ICEBERG TABLE

Restores the most recent version of a dropped Apache Iceberg™ table.

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.