vvysotskyi commented on a change in pull request #2030: Update docs for
Metastore to point that all format plugins are supported
URL: https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/2030#discussion_r394986373
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File path: _docs/sql-reference/sql-commands/021-create-schema.md
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@@ -604,8 +608,32 @@ STATEMENT format displays the schema in a form compatible
with the CREATE OR REP
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+### Altering Schema for a Table
+Table schema may be updated using the `ALTER SCHEMA` commands.
+
+The syntax for the command to add (or replace) columns / properties is the
following:
+
+ ALTER SCHEMA
+ (FOR TABLE dfs.tmp.nation | PATH '/tmp/schema.json')
+ ADD [OR REPLACE]
+ [COLUMNS (col1 int, col2 varchar)]
+ [PROPERTIES ('prop1'='val1', 'prop2'='val2')]
+
+Add command will fail if column or property with the same name exists, unless
`OR REPLACE` keywords are indicated.
+Add command will fail, if the schema file does not exist.
+
+The syntax for the command to remove columns / properties is the following:
Review comment:
Thanks, added.
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