kevinyu98 commented on a change in pull request #25573: [SPARK-28833][DOCS][SQL] Document ALTER VIEW command URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25573#discussion_r317382263
########## File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-alter-view.md ########## @@ -19,4 +19,69 @@ license: | limitations under the License. --- -**This page is under construction** +### Description +The `ALTER VIEW` statement changes various auxiliary properties of a view. + + +#### Rename view +Rename the existing view. If the view name already exists in the database, an exception is thrown. This operation does +support moving the views cross databases. +##### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW [db_name.]view_name RENAME TO [db_name.]new_view_name +{% endhighlight %} + + +#### Set view properties +Set one or more properties of an existing view. The properties are the key value pairs. If the properties' keys exist, +the values are replaced with the new values. If the properties' keys does not exist, the key value pairs are added into +the properties. +##### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW view_name SET TBLPROPERTIES (key1=val1, key2=val2, ...) +{% endhighlight %} + + +#### Drop view properties +Drop one or more properties of an existing view. If the specified keys do not exist, an exception is thrown. Use +`IF EXISTS` to avoid the exception. +##### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW view_name UNSET TBLPROPERTIES [IF EXISTS] (key1=val1, key2=val2, ...) +{% endhighlight %} + + +#### Alter View As Select +`ALTER VIEW AS SELECT` statement changes the definition of a view, the `select_statement` must valid, and the `VIEW` +must exist. +##### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW view_name AS select_statement +{% endhighlight %} + + +#### Example +{% highlight sql %} +-- Rename only change the view name. +ALTER VIEW tempdb.view1 RENAME TO tempdb.view2 Review comment: yah, we can use qualified or unqualified name for the target view, I will add a note there. thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org