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_r345923078
########## File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-alter-view.md ########## @@ -19,4 +19,222 @@ license: | limitations under the License. --- -**This page is under construction** +### Description + +The `ALTER VIEW` statement can alter metadata associated with the view. It can change the definition of the view, change +the name of a view to a different name, set and unset the metadata of the view by setting `TBLPROPERTIES`. + +#### RENAME View +Renames the existing view. If the new view name already exists in the source database, a `TableAlreadyExistsException` is thrown. This operation +does not support moving the views across databases. + +#### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW view_identifier RENAME TO view_identifier +{% endhighlight %} + +#### Parameters +<dl> + <dt><code><em>view_identifier</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies a view name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.<br><br> + <b> Syntax:</b> + <code> + [database_name.]view_name + </code> + </dd> +</dl> + +#### 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 do not exist, the key value pairs are added into +the properties. + +#### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW view_identifier SET TBLPROPERTIES + (property_key=property_val [, ...]) +{% endhighlight %} + +#### Parameters +<dl> + <dt><code><em>view_identifier</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies a view name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.<br><br> + <b> Syntax:</b> + <code> + [database_name.]view_name + </code> + </dd> + <dt><code><em>property_key</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies the property key. The key may consists of multiple parts separated by dot.<br><br> + <b>Syntax:</b> + <code> + [key_part1][.key_part2][...] + </code> + </dd> +</dl> + +#### UNSET 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_identifier UNSET TBLPROPERTIES [IF EXISTS] + (property_key [, ...]) +{% endhighlight %} + +#### Parameters +<dl> + <dt><code><em>view_identifier</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies a view name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.<br><br> + <b> Syntax:</b> + <code> + [database_name.]view_name + </code> + </dd> + <dt><code><em>property_key</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies the property key. The key may consists of multiple parts separated by dot.<br><br> + <b>Syntax:</b> + <code> + [key_part1][.key_part2][...] + </code> + </dd> +</dl> + +#### ALTER View AS SELECT +`ALTER VIEW view_identifier AS SELECT` statement changes the definition of a view, the `SELECT` statement must be valid, +and the `view_identifier` must exist. + +#### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +ALTER VIEW view_identifier AS select_statement +{% endhighlight %} + +#### Parameters +<dl> + <dt><code><em>view_identifier</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies a view name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.<br><br> + <b> Syntax:</b> + <code> + [database_name.]view_name + </code> + </dd> + <dt><code><em>select_statement</em></code></dt> + <dd> + Specifies the definition of the view, detail check [select_statement](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select.html) Review comment: @huaxingao thanks, let me change. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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