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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-10163:
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fhueske commented on a change in pull request #6606: [FLINK-10163] [sql-client]
Support views in SQL Client
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6606#discussion_r212977695
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File path: docs/dev/table/sqlClient.md
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@@ -459,6 +466,50 @@ Web interface: http://localhost:8081
{% top %}
+SQL Views
+---------
+
+Views allow to define virtual tables from SQL queries. The view definition is
parsed and validated immediately. However, the actual execution happens when
the view is accessed during the submission of a general `INSERT INTO` or
`SELECT` statement.
+
+Views can either be defined in [environment
files](sqlClient.html#environment-files) or within the CLI session.
+
+The following example shows how to define multiple views in a file:
+
+{% highlight yaml %}
+views:
+ - name: MyRestrictedView
+ query: "SELECT MyField2 FROM MyTableSource"
+ - name: MyComplexView
+ query: >
+ SELECT MyField2 + 42, CAST(MyField1 AS VARCHAR)
+ FROM MyTableSource
+ WHERE MyField2 > 200
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Similar to table sources and sinks, views defined in a session environment
file have highest precendence.
+
+Views can also be created within a CLI session using the `CREATE VIEW`
statement:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+CREATE VIEW MyNewView AS SELECT MyField2 FROM MyTableSource
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `SHOW VIEW` statement allows for printing a previously created view again:
Review comment:
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`.
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> Support CREATE VIEW in SQL Client
> ---------------------------------
>
> Key: FLINK-10163
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-10163
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Table API & SQL
> Reporter: Timo Walther
> Assignee: Timo Walther
> Priority: Major
> Labels: pull-request-available
>
> The possibility to define a name for a subquery would improve the usability
> of the SQL Client. The SQL standard defines \{{CREATE VIEW}} for defining a
> virtual table.
>
> Example:
> {code}
> CREATE VIEW viewName
> [ '(' columnName [, columnName ]* ')' ]
> AS Query
> {code}
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