Categories:: 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.

See also:: SHOW REPLICATION ACCOUNTS

Syntax¶

SHOW REPLICATION DATABASES [ LIKE '<pattern>' ]
                           [ WITH PRIMARY <snowflake_region>.<account_name>.<primary_db_name> ]

Parameters¶

LIKE 'pattern'

Filters the command output by object name. The filter uses case-insensitive pattern matching, with support for SQL wildcard characters (% and _).

For example, the following patterns return the same results:

... LIKE '%testing%' ...

... LIKE '%TESTING%' ...

WITH PRIMARY {snowflake_region}.{account_name}.{primary_db_name}

Specifies the scope of the command, which determines whether the command lists records only for the specified primary database.

Usage Notes¶

Only returns results for the ACCOUNTADMIN role.

The command does not require a running warehouse to execute.
The command returns a maximum of 10K records for the specified object type, as dictated by the access privileges for the role used to execute the command; any records above the 10K limit are not returned, even with a filter applied.

To view results for which more than 10K records exist, query the corresponding view (if one exists) in the Information Schema.

To post-process the output of this command, you can use the RESULT_SCAN function, which treats the output as a table that can be queried.

Output¶

The command output provides primary and secondary database properties and metadata in the following columns:

| snowflake_region | created_on | account_name | name | comment | is_primary | primary | replication_allowed_to_accounts | failover_allowed_to_accounts |

The command output for organizations that span multiple region groups includes an additional region_group column:

| region_group | snowflake_region | created_on | account_name | name | comment | is_primary | primary | replication_allowed_to_accounts | failover_allowed_to_accounts |

Column	Description
`region_group`	Region group where the account is located. Note: this column is only displayed for organizations that span multiple region groups.
`snowflake_region`	Snowflake Region where the account that stores the database is located. A Snowflake Region is a distinct location within a cloud platform region that is isolated from other Snowflake Regions. A Snowflake Region can be either multi-tenant or single-tenant (for a Virtual Private Snowflake account).
`created_on`	Date and time when the database was created.
`account_name`	Name of the account in which the database is stored.
`name`	Name of the database.
`comment`	Comment for the database.
`is_primary`	Whether the database is a primary database; otherwise, is a secondary database.
`primary`	Fully-qualified name of a primary database, including the region, account, and database name.
`replication_allowed_to_accounts`	Where `IS_PRIMARY` is TRUE, shows the fully-qualified names of accounts where replication has been enabled for this primary database. A secondary database can be created in each of these accounts.
`failover_allowed_to_accounts`	Where `IS_PRIMARY` is TRUE, shows the fully-qualified names of accounts where failover has been enabled for this primary database. A secondary database can be created in each of these accounts for business continuity and disaster recovery.

Examples¶

Show all the replication databases whose name starts with mydb:

SHOW REPLICATION DATABASES LIKE 'mydb%';

Show all the secondary databases for the aws_us_west_2.myaccount1.mydb1 region, account, and primary database, respectively:

SHOW REPLICATION DATABASES WITH PRIMARY aws_us_west_2.myaccount1.mydb1;