OK, I don't mind listing views are tables in `SHOW TABLES`. However, if there is no way to distinguish a view from a table, we can also remove the `SHOW VIEW xxx` command. Why should somebody try to look up the definition of a view if he's not aware that it is a view. He can only know that if he created the view himself and in that case probably know the definition.
I also think the syntax of `SHOW VIEW xxx` is not well chosen because it is inconsistent with `SHOW TABLES` and `SHOW FUNCTIONS`. It gives *details about a single view* where as the other `SHOW` commands *list all elements of a type*. I think the semantics are more similar to the `DESCRIBE` command. We could rename `SHOW VIEW` to ``DESCRIBE VIEW`. [ Full content available at: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6606 ] This message was relayed via gitbox.apache.org for [email protected]
