All Commands (Alphabetical)

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• DDL Commands

• DML Commands

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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	Category
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ALTER <object>	Modifies the metadata of an account-level or database object, or the parameters for a session.	DDL Commands
ALTER ACCOUNT	Modifies parameters for your account.	Account & Session DDL
ALTER API INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties of an existing API integration.	User & Security DDL
ALTER DATABASE	Modifies the properties for an existing database, including the following.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
ALTER EXTERNAL FUNCTION	Modifies the properties of an existing external function.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE	Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing external table.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
ALTER FILE FORMAT	Modifies the properties for an existing file format object.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
ALTER FUNCTION	Modifies the properties for an existing UDF (user-defined function).	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
ALTER INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing integration.	DDL Commands
ALTER MASKING POLICY	Replaces the existing masking policy rules with new rules or a new comment and allows the renaming of a masking policy.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW	Alters a materialized view in the current/specified schema.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
ALTER NETWORK POLICY	Modifies the properties for an existing network policy.	User & Security DDL
ALTER NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing notification integration.	User & Security DDL
ALTER PIPE	Modifies a limited set of properties for an existing pipe object.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
ALTER PROCEDURE	Modifies the properties for an existing stored procedure.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
ALTER RESOURCE MONITOR	Modifies the properties and triggers for an existing resource monitor.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
ALTER ROLE	Modifies the properties for an existing role.	User & Security DDL
ALTER ROW ACCESS POLICY	Modifies the properties for an existing row access policy, including renaming the policy or replacing the policy rules.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
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).	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing security integration.	User & Security DDL
ALTER SEQUENCE	Modifies the properties for an existing sequence.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
ALTER SESSION	Sets parameters that change the behavior for the current session.	Account & Session DDL
ALTER SHARE	Modifies the properties for an existing share.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
ALTER STAGE	Modifies the properties for an existing named internal or external stage.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
ALTER STORAGE INTEGRATION	Modifies the properties for an existing storage integration.	User & Security DDL
ALTER STREAM	Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing stream.	Data Pipeline DDL
ALTER TABLE	Modifies the properties, columns, or constraints for an existing table.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
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.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
ALTER TASK	Modifies the properties for an existing task.	Data Pipeline DDL
ALTER USER	Modifies the properties and object/session parameters for an existing user in the system.	User & Security DDL
ALTER VIEW	Modifies the properties for an existing view.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
ALTER WAREHOUSE	Suspends or resumes a virtual warehouse, or aborts all queries (and other SQL statements) for a warehouse.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
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BEGIN	Begins a transaction in the current session.	Transactions
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CALL	Calls a stored procedure.	(uncategorized)
COMMENT	Adds a comment or overwrites an existing comment for an existing object.	DDL Commands
COMMIT	Commits an open transaction in the current session.	Transactions
COPY INTO <location>	Unloads data from a table (or query) into one or more files in one of the following locations.	DML Commands
COPY INTO <table>	Loads data from staged files to an existing table.	DML Commands
CREATE <object>	Creates a new object of the specified type.	DDL Commands
CREATE ACCOUNT	Creates a new account in your organization.	Account & Session DDL
CREATE API INTEGRATION	Creates a new API integration object in the account, or replaces an existing API integration.	User & Security DDL
CREATE <object> … CLONE	Creates a copy of an existing object in the system.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL , Table, View, & Sequence DDL , Data Loading / Unloading DDL
CREATE DATABASE	Creates a new database in the system.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
CREATE EXTERNAL FUNCTION	Creates a new external function.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE	Creates a new external table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing external table.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE FILE FORMAT	Creates a named file format that describes a set of staged data to access or load into Snowflake tables.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
CREATE FUNCTION	Creates a new UDF (user-defined function).	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
CREATE INTEGRATION	Creates a new integration in the system or replaces an existing integration.	DDL Commands
CREATE MANAGED ACCOUNT	Creates a new managed account.	Account & Session DDL
CREATE MASKING POLICY	Creates a new Column-level Security masking policy.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
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.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE NETWORK POLICY	Creates a network policy.	User & Security DDL
CREATE NOTIFICATION INTEGRATION	Creates a new notification integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.	User & Security DDL
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.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
CREATE PROCEDURE	Creates a new stored procedure.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
CREATE RESOURCE MONITOR	Creates a new resource monitor.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
CREATE ROLE	Create a new role or replace an existing role in the system.	User & Security DDL
CREATE ROW ACCESS POLICY	Creates a new row access policy in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing row access policy.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE SCHEMA	Creates a new schema in the current database.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION	Creates a new security integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.	User & Security DDL
CREATE SEQUENCE	Creates a new sequence, which can be used for generating sequential, unique numbers.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE SHARE	Creates a new, empty share.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
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.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
CREATE STORAGE INTEGRATION	Creates a new storage integration in the account or replaces an existing integration.	User & Security DDL
CREATE STREAM	Creates a new stream in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing stream.	Data Pipeline DDL
CREATE TABLE	Creates a new table in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing table.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE | ALTER TABLE … CONSTRAINT	This topic describes how to create constraints by specifying a CONSTRAINT clause in a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE statement.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE TASK	Creates a new task in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing task.	Data Pipeline DDL
CREATE USER	Creates a new user or replaces an existing user in the system.	User & Security DDL
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).	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
CREATE WAREHOUSE	Creates a new virtual warehouse in the system.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
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DELETE	Remove rows from a table.	DML Commands
DESCRIBE <object>	Describes the details for the specified object.	DDL Commands
DESCRIBE EXTERNAL TABLE	Describes the VALUE column and virtual columns in an external table.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DESCRIBE FILE FORMAT	Describes the properties and their current values for a file format, as well as the default values for each property.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
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).	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
DESCRIBE INTEGRATION	Describes the properties of an integration.	User & Security DDL
DESCRIBE MASKING POLICY	Describes the details about a masking policy, including the creation date, name, data type, and SQL expression.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DESCRIBE MATERIALIZED VIEW	Describes the columns in a materialized view.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DESCRIBE NETWORK POLICY	Describes the properties specified for a network policy.	User & Security DDL
DESCRIBE PIPE	Describes the properties specified for a pipe, as well as the default values of the properties.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
DESCRIBE PROCEDURE	Describes the specified stored procedure, including the stored procedure’s signature (i.e. arguments), return value, language, and body (i.e. definition).	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
DESCRIBE RESULT	Describes the columns in the result of a query.	Account & Session DDL
DESCRIBE ROW ACCESS POLICY	Describes a row access policy, including the creation date, name, data type, and SQL expression.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DESCRIBE SEQUENCE	Describes a sequence, including the sequence’s interval.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DESCRIBE SHARE	Describes the data objects that are included in a share.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
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.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
DESCRIBE STREAM	Describes the columns in a stream.	Data Pipeline DDL
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.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DESCRIBE TASK	Describes the columns in a task.	Data Pipeline DDL
DESCRIBE USER	Describes a user, including the current values for the user’s properties, as well as the default values.	User & Security DDL
DESCRIBE VIEW	Describes the columns in a view (or table).	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DROP <object>	Removes the specified object from the system.	DDL Commands
DROP DATABASE	Removes a database from the system.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
DROP EXTERNAL TABLE	Removes an external table from the current/specified schema.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DROP FILE FORMAT	Removes the specified file format from the current/specified schema.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
DROP FUNCTION	Removes the specified user-defined function (UDF) or external function from the current/specified schema.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
DROP INTEGRATION	Removes an integration from the account.	User & Security DDL
DROP MANAGED ACCOUNT	Removes a managed account, including all objects created in the account, and immediately restricts access to the account.	Account & Session DDL
DROP MASKING POLICY	Removes a masking policy from the system.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW	Removes the specified materialized view from the current/specified schema.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
DROP NETWORK POLICY	Removes the specified network policy from the system.	User & Security DDL
DROP PIPE	Removes the specified pipe from the current/specified schema.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
DROP PROCEDURE	Removes the specified stored procedure from the current/specified schema.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
DROP RESOURCE MONITOR	Removes the specified resource monitor from the system.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
DROP ROLE	Removes the specified role from the system.	User & Security DDL
DROP ROW ACCESS POLICY	Removes a row access policy from the system.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DROP SCHEMA	Removes a schema from the current/specified database.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
DROP SEQUENCE	Removes a sequence from the current/specified schema.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
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).	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
DROP STAGE	Removes the specified named internal or external stage from the current/specified schema.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
DROP STREAM	Removes a stream from the current/specified schema.	Data Pipeline DDL
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.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DROP TASK	Removes a task from the current/specified schema.	Data Pipeline DDL
DROP USER	Removes the specified user from the system.	User & Security DDL
DROP VIEW	Removes the specified view from the current/specified schema.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
DROP WAREHOUSE	Removes the specified virtual warehouse from the system.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
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EXPLAIN	Returns the logical execution plan for the specified SQL statement.	(uncategorized)
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GET	Downloads data files from one of the following Snowflake stages to a local directory/folder on a client machine.	DML Commands
GRANT OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of an object (or all objects of a specified type in a schema) from one role to another role.	User & Security DDL
GRANT <privileges> … TO ROLE	Grants one or more access privileges on a securable object to a role.	User & Security DDL
GRANT <privilege> … TO SHARE	Grants access privileges for databases and other supported database objects (schemas, tables, and views) to a share.	User & Security DDL
GRANT ROLE	Assigns a role to a user or another role.	User & Security DDL
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INSERT	Updates a table by inserting one or more rows into the table.	DML Commands
INSERT (multi-table)	Updates multiple tables by inserting one or more rows with column values (from a query) into the tables.	DML Commands
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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.	DML Commands
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MERGE	Inserts, updates, and deletes values in a table based on values in a second table or a subquery.	DML Commands
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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.	DML Commands
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REMOVE	Removes files that have been staged (i.e. uploaded from a local file system or unloaded from a table) in one of the following Snowflake internal stages.	DML Commands
REVOKE <privileges> … FROM ROLE	Removes one or more privileges on a securable object from a role.	User & Security DDL
REVOKE <privilege> … FROM SHARE	Revokes access privileges for databases and other supported database objects (schemas, tables, and views) from a share.	User & Security DDL
REVOKE ROLE	Removes a role from another role or a user.	User & Security DDL
ROLLBACK	Rolls back an open transaction in the current session.	Transactions
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SELECT	SELECT can be used as either a statement or as a clause within other statements.	Query Syntax
SET	Initializes the value of a session variable to the result of a SQL expression.	Account & Session DDL
SHOW <objects>	Lists the existing objects for the specified object type.	DDL Commands
SHOW COLUMNS	Lists the columns in the tables or views for which you have access privileges.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
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.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
SHOW DELEGATED AUTHORIZATIONS	Lists the active delegated authorizations for which you have access privileges.	User & Security DDL
SHOW EXTERNAL FUNCTIONS	Lists all the external functions created for your account.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
SHOW EXTERNAL TABLES	Lists the external tables for which you have access privileges.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW FILE FORMATS	Lists the file formats for which you have access privileges.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
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.	Account & Session DDL
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.	Account & Session DDL
SHOW GRANTS	Lists all access control privileges that have been explicitly granted to roles, users, and shares.	User & Security DDL
SHOW INTEGRATIONS	Lists the integrations in your account for which you have access privileges.	User & Security DDL
SHOW LOCKS	Lists all running transactions that have locks on resources.	Transactions
SHOW MANAGED ACCOUNTS	Lists the managed accounts created for your account.	Account & Session DDL
SHOW MASKING POLICIES	Lists masking policy information, including the creation date, database and schema names, owner, and any available comments.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW MATERIALIZED VIEWS	Lists the materialized views that you have privileges to access.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW NETWORK POLICIES	Lists all network policies defined in the system.	User & Security DDL
SHOW OBJECTS	Lists the tables and views for which you have access privileges.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS	Lists all the accounts in your organization.	Account & Session DDL
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.	Account & Session DDL
SHOW PIPES	Lists the pipes for which you have access privileges.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
SHOW PROCEDURES	Lists the stored procedures that you have privileges to access.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
SHOW REGIONS	Lists all the regions in which accounts can be created.	Account & Session DDL
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.	Account & Session DDL
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.	Account & Session DDL
SHOW RESOURCE MONITORS	Lists all the resource monitors in your account for which you have access privileges.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
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.	User & Security DDL
SHOW ROW ACCESS POLICIES	Lists the row access policies for which you have access privileges.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
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.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
SHOW SEQUENCES	Lists all the sequences for which you have access privileges.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW SHARES	Lists all shares available in the system.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
SHOW STAGES	Lists all the stages for which you have access privileges.	Data Loading / Unloading DDL
SHOW STREAMS	Lists the streams for which you have access privileges.	Data Pipeline DDL
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.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW TASKS	Lists the tasks for which you have access privileges.	Data Pipeline DDL
SHOW TRANSACTIONS	List all running transactions.	Transactions
SHOW USER FUNCTIONS	Lists all user-defined functions (UDFs) for which you have access privileges.	DDL for User-Defined Functions, External Functions, and Stored Procedures
SHOW USERS	Lists all users in the system.	User & Security DDL
SHOW VARIABLES	Lists all variables defined in the current session.	Account & Session DDL
SHOW VIEWS	Lists the views, including secure views, for which you have access privileges.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
SHOW WAREHOUSES	Lists all the warehouses in your account for which you have access privileges.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL
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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).	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
TRUNCATE TABLE	Removes all rows from a table but leaves the table intact (including all privileges and constraints on the table).	DML Commands
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UNDROP DATABASE	Restores the most recent version of a dropped database.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
UNDROP SCHEMA	Restore the most recent version of a dropped schema.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
UNDROP TABLE	Restores the most recent version of a dropped table.	Table, View, & Sequence DDL
UNSET	Drops a session variable.	Account & Session DDL
UPDATE	Updates specified rows in the target table with new values.	DML Commands
USE <object>	Specifies the role, warehouse, database, or schema to use for the current session.	DDL Commands
USE DATABASE	Specifies the active/current database for the session.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
USE ROLE	Specifies the active/current role for the session.	User & Security DDL
USE SCHEMA	Specifies the active/current schema for the session.	Database, Schema, & Share DDL
USE WAREHOUSE	Specifies the active/current warehouse for the session.	Warehouse & Resource Monitor DDL