andygrove opened a new issue, #3773: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/3773
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** I just tried DuckDB for the first time and I liked this syntax: ``` CREATE VIEW nation AS SELECT * FROM read_parquet('/mnt/bigdata/tpch/sf10-parquet-float//nation/*.parquet') ``` This is much easier than `CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE`. **Describe the solution you'd like** Steal this idea **Describe alternatives you've considered** None **Additional context** None -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org