SQL Syntax Summary - C


CHECKPOINT
Forces a transaction log checkpoint.
CHECKPOINT

CLOSE
Closes a cursor.
CLOSE cursor_name

CLUSTER
Physically reorders a heap storage table on disk according to an index. Not a recommended operation
in Greenplum Database.
CLUSTER indexname ON tablename
CLUSTER tablename
CLUSTER

COMMENT
Defines or change the comment of an object.
COMMENT ON
{ TABLE object_name |
COLUMN table_name.column_name |
AGGREGATE agg_name (agg_type [, ...]) |
CAST (sourcetype AS targettype) |
CONSTRAINT constraint_name ON table_name |
CONVERSION object_name |
DATABASE object_name |
DOMAIN object_name |
FILESPACE object_name |
FUNCTION func_name ([[argmode] [argname] argtype [, ...]]) |
INDEX object_name |
LARGE OBJECT large_object_oid |
OPERATOR op (leftoperand_type, rightoperand_type) |
OPERATOR CLASS object_name USING index_method |
[PROCEDURAL] LANGUAGE object_name |
RESOURCE QUEUE object_name |
ROLE object_name |
RULE rule_name ON table_name |
SCHEMA object_name |
SEQUENCE object_name |
TABLESPACE object_name |
TRIGGER trigger_name ON table_name |
TYPE object_name |
VIEW object_name }
IS 'text'

COMMIT
Commits the current transaction.
COMMIT [WORK | TRANSACTION]

COPY
Copies data between a file and a table.
COPY table [(column [, ...])] FROM {'file' | STDIN}
[ [WITH]
[OIDS]
[HEADER]
[DELIMITER [ AS ] 'delimiter']
[NULL [ AS ] 'null string']
[ESCAPE [ AS ] 'escape' | 'OFF']
[NEWLINE [ AS ] 'LF' | 'CR' | 'CRLF']
[CSV [QUOTE [ AS ] 'quote']
[FORCE NOT NULL column [, ...]]
[FILL MISSING FIELDS]
[ [LOG ERRORS INTO error_table] [KEEP]
SEGMENT REJECT LIMIT count [ROWS | PERCENT] ]
COPY {table [(column [, ...])] | (query)} TO {'file' | STDOUT}
[ [WITH]
[OIDS]
[HEADER]
[DELIMITER [ AS ] 'delimiter']
[NULL [ AS ] 'null string']
[ESCAPE [ AS ] 'escape' | 'OFF']
[CSV [QUOTE [ AS ] 'quote']
[FORCE QUOTE column [, ...]] ]

CREATE AGGREGATE
Defines a new aggregate function.
CREATE [ORDERED] AGGREGATE name (input_data_type [ , ... ])
( SFUNC = sfunc,
STYPE = state_data_type
[, PREFUNC = prefunc]
[, FINALFUNC = ffunc]
[, INITCOND = initial_condition]
[, SORTOP = sort_operator] )

CREATE CAST
Defines a new cast.
CREATE CAST (sourcetype AS targettype)
WITH FUNCTION funcname (argtypes)
[AS ASSIGNMENT | AS IMPLICIT]
CREATE CAST (sourcetype AS targettype) WITHOUT FUNCTION
[AS ASSIGNMENT | AS IMPLICIT]

CREATE CONVERSION
Defines a new encoding conversion.
CREATE [DEFAULT] CONVERSION name FOR source_encoding TO dest_encoding FROM funcname

CREATE DATABASE
Creates a new database.
CREATE DATABASE name [ [WITH] [OWNER [=] dbowner]
[TEMPLATE [=] template]
[ENCODING [=] encoding]
[TABLESPACE [=] tablespace]
[CONNECTION LIMIT [=] connlimit ] ]

CREATE DOMAIN
Defines a new domain.
CREATE DOMAIN name [AS] data_type [DEFAULT expression]
[CONSTRAINT constraint_name
| NOT NULL | NULL
| CHECK (expression) [...]]

CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE
Defines a new external table.
CREATE [READABLE] EXTERNAL TABLE table_name
( column_name data_type [, ...] | LIKE other_table )
LOCATION ('file://seghost[:port]/path/file' [, ...])
| ('gpfdist://filehost[:port]/file_pattern[#transform]'
| ('gpfdists://filehost[:port]/file_pattern[#transform]'
[, ...])
| ('gphdfs://hdfs_host[:port]/path/file')
FORMAT 'TEXT'
[( [HEADER]
[DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter' | 'OFF']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape' | 'OFF']
[NEWLINE [ AS ] 'LF' | 'CR' | 'CRLF']
[FILL MISSING FIELDS] )]
| 'CSV'
[( [HEADER]
[QUOTE [AS] 'quote']
[DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[FORCE NOT NULL column [, ...]]
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape']
[NEWLINE [ AS ] 'LF' | 'CR' | 'CRLF']
[FILL MISSING FIELDS] )]
| 'CUSTOM' (Formatter=<formatter specifications>)
[ ENCODING 'encoding' ]
[ [LOG ERRORS INTO error_table] SEGMENT REJECT LIMIT count
[ROWS | PERCENT] ]
CREATE [READABLE] EXTERNAL WEB TABLE table_name
( column_name data_type [, ...] | LIKE other_table )
LOCATION ('http://webhost[:port]/path/file' [, ...])
| EXECUTE 'command' [ON ALL
| MASTER
| number_of_segments
| HOST ['segment_hostname']
| SEGMENT segment_id ]
FORMAT 'TEXT'
[( [HEADER]
[DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter' | 'OFF']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape' | 'OFF']
[NEWLINE [ AS ] 'LF' | 'CR' | 'CRLF']
[FILL MISSING FIELDS] )]
| 'CSV'
[( [HEADER]
[QUOTE [AS] 'quote']
[DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[FORCE NOT NULL column [, ...]]
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape']
[NEWLINE [ AS ] 'LF' | 'CR' | 'CRLF']
[FILL MISSING FIELDS] )]
| 'CUSTOM' (Formatter=<formatter specifications>)
[ ENCODING 'encoding' ]
[ [LOG ERRORS INTO error_table] SEGMENT REJECT LIMIT count
[ROWS | PERCENT] ]
CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE table_name
( column_name data_type [, ...] | LIKE other_table )
LOCATION('gpfdist://outputhost[:port]/filename[#transform]'
| ('gpfdists://outputhost[:port]/file_pattern[#transform]'
[, ...])
| ('gphdfs://hdfs_host[:port]/path')
FORMAT 'TEXT'
[( [DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape' | 'OFF'] )]
| 'CSV'
[([QUOTE [AS] 'quote']
[DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[FORCE QUOTE column [, ...]] ]
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape'] )]
| 'CUSTOM' (Formatter=<formatter specifications>)
[ ENCODING 'write_encoding' ]
[ DISTRIBUTED BY (column, [ ... ] ) | DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY ]
CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL WEB TABLE table_name
( column_name data_type [, ...] | LIKE other_table )
EXECUTE 'command' [ON ALL]
FORMAT 'TEXT'
[( [DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape' | 'OFF'] )]
| 'CSV'
[([QUOTE [AS] 'quote']
[DELIMITER [AS] 'delimiter']
[NULL [AS] 'null string']
[FORCE QUOTE column [, ...]] ]
[ESCAPE [AS] 'escape'] )]
| 'CUSTOM' (Formatter=<formatter specifications>)
[ ENCODING 'write_encoding' ]
[ DISTRIBUTED BY (column, [ ... ] ) | DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY ]

CREATE FUNCTION
Defines a new function.
CREATE [OR REPLACE] FUNCTION name
( [ [argmode] [argname] argtype [, ...] ] )
[ RETURNS { [ SETOF ] rettype
| TABLE ([{ argname argtype | LIKE other table }
[, ...]])
} ]
{ LANGUAGE langname
| IMMUTABLE | STABLE | VOLATILE
| CALLED ON NULL INPUT | RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT | STRICT
| [EXTERNAL] SECURITY INVOKER | [EXTERNAL] SECURITY DEFINER
| AS 'definition'
| AS 'obj_file', 'link_symbol' } ...
[ WITH ({ DESCRIBE = describe_function
} [, ...] ) ]


CREATE GROUP
Defines a new database role.
CREATE GROUP name [ [WITH] option [ ... ] ]
where option can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
| VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
| IN ROLE rolename [, ...]
| IN GROUP rolename [, ...]
| ROLE rolename [, ...]
| ADMIN rolename [, ...]
| USER rolename [, ...]
| SYSID uid

CREATE INDEX
Defines a new index.
CREATE [UNIQUE] INDEX name ON table
[USING btree|bitmap|gist]
( {column | (expression)} [opclass] [, ...] )
[ WITH ( FILLFACTOR = value ) ]
[TABLESPACE tablespace]
[WHERE predicate]

CREATE LANGUAGE
Defines a new procedural language.
CREATE [PROCEDURAL] LANGUAGE name
CREATE [TRUSTED] [PROCEDURAL] LANGUAGE name
HANDLER call_handler [VALIDATOR valfunction]

CREATE OPERATOR
Defines a new operator.
CREATE OPERATOR name (
PROCEDURE = funcname
[, LEFTARG = lefttype] [, RIGHTARG = righttype]
[, COMMUTATOR = com_op] [, NEGATOR = neg_op]
[, RESTRICT = res_proc] [, JOIN = join_proc]
[, HASHES] [, MERGES]
[, SORT1 = left_sort_op] [, SORT2 = right_sort_op]
[, LTCMP = less_than_op] [, GTCMP = greater_than_op] )

CREATE OPERATOR CLASS
Defines a new operator class.
CREATE OPERATOR CLASS name [DEFAULT] FOR TYPE data_type
USING index_method AS
{
OPERATOR strategy_number op_name [(op_type, op_type)] [RECHECK]
| FUNCTION support_number funcname (argument_type [, ...] )
| STORAGE storage_type
} [, ... ]

CREATE RESOURCE QUEUE
Defines a new resource queue.
CREATE RESOURCE QUEUE name WITH (queue_attribute=value [, ... ])
where queue_attribute is:
ACTIVE_STATEMENTS=integer
[ MAX_COST=float [COST_OVERCOMMIT={TRUE|FALSE}] ]
[ MIN_COST=float ]
[ PRIORITY={MIN|LOW|MEDIUM|HIGH|MAX} ]
[ MEMORY_LIMIT='memory_units' ]
| MAX_COST=float [ COST_OVERCOMMIT={TRUE|FALSE} ]
[ ACTIVE_STATEMENTS=integer ]
[ MIN_COST=float ]
[ PRIORITY={MIN|LOW|MEDIUM|HIGH|MAX} ]
[ MEMORY_LIMIT='memory_units' ]

CREATE ROLE
Defines a new database role (user or group).
CREATE ROLE name [[WITH] option [ ... ]]
where option can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEEXTTABLE | NOCREATEEXTTABLE
[ ( attribute='value'[, ...] ) ]
where attributes and values are:
type='readable'|'writable'
protocol='gpfdist'|'http'
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
| VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
| IN ROLE rolename [, ...]
| ROLE rolename [, ...]
| ADMIN rolename [, ...]
| RESOURCE QUEUE queue_name
| [ DENY deny_point ]
| [ DENY BETWEEN deny_point AND deny_point]


CREATE RULE
Defines a new rewrite rule.
CREATE [OR REPLACE] RULE name AS ON event
TO table [WHERE condition]
DO [ALSO | INSTEAD] { NOTHING | command | (command; command ...) }

CREATE SCHEMA
Defines a new schema.
CREATE SCHEMA schema_name [AUTHORIZATION username] [schema_element [ ... ]]
CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION rolename [schema_element [ ... ]]

CREATE SEQUENCE
Defines a new sequence generator.
CREATE [TEMPORARY | TEMP] SEQUENCE name
[INCREMENT [BY] value]
[MINVALUE minvalue | NO MINVALUE]
[MAXVALUE maxvalue | NO MAXVALUE]
[START [ WITH ] start]
[CACHE cache]
[[NO] CYCLE]
[OWNED BY { table.column | NONE }]


CREATE TABLE
Defines a new table.
CREATE [[GLOBAL | LOCAL] {TEMPORARY | TEMP}] TABLE table_name (
[ { column_name data_type [ DEFAULT default_expr ] [column_constraint [ ... ]
[ ENCODING ( storage_directive [,...] ) ]
]
| table_constraint
| LIKE other_table [{INCLUDING | EXCLUDING}
{DEFAULTS | CONSTRAINTS}] ...}
[, ... ] ]
[column_reference_storage_directive [, …] ]
)
[ INHERITS ( parent_table [, ... ] ) ]
[ WITH ( storage_parameter=value [, ... ] )
[ ON COMMIT {PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP} ]
[ TABLESPACE tablespace ]
[ DISTRIBUTED BY (column, [ ... ] ) | DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY ]
[ PARTITION BY partition_type (column)
[ SUBPARTITION BY partition_type (column) ]
[ SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE ( template_spec ) ]
[...]
( partition_spec )
| [ SUBPARTITION BY partition_type (column) ]
[...]
( partition_spec
[ ( subpartition_spec
[(...)]
) ]
)
where storage_parameter is:
APPENDONLY={TRUE|FALSE}
BLOCKSIZE={8192-2097152}
ORIENTATION={COLUMN|ROW}
COMPRESSTYPE={ZLIB|QUICKLZ|RLE_TYPE|NONE}
COMPRESSLEVEL={0-9}
FILLFACTOR={10-100}
OIDS[=TRUE|FALSE]
where column_constraint is:
[CONSTRAINT constraint_name]
NOT NULL | NULL
| UNIQUE [USING INDEX TABLESPACE tablespace]
[WITH ( FILLFACTOR = value )]
| PRIMARY KEY [USING INDEX TABLESPACE tablespace]
[WITH ( FILLFACTOR = value )]
| CHECK ( expression )
and table_constraint is:
[CONSTRAINT constraint_name]
UNIQUE ( column_name [, ... ] )
[USING INDEX TABLESPACE tablespace]
[WITH ( FILLFACTOR=value )]
| PRIMARY KEY ( column_name [, ... ] )
[USING INDEX TABLESPACE tablespace]
[WITH ( FILLFACTOR=value )]
| CHECK ( expression )
where partition_type is:
LIST
| RANGE
where partition_specification is:
partition_element [, ...]
and partition_element is:
DEFAULT PARTITION name
| [PARTITION name] VALUES (list_value [,...] )
| [PARTITION name]
START ([datatype] 'start_value') [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE]
[ END ([datatype] 'end_value') [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE] ]
[ EVERY ([datatype] [number | INTERVAL] 'interval_value') ]
| [PARTITION name]
END ([datatype] 'end_value') [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE]
[ EVERY ([datatype] [number | INTERVAL] 'interval_value') ]
[ WITH ( partition_storage_parameter=value [, ... ] ) ]
[column_reference_storage_directive [, …] ]
[ TABLESPACE tablespace ]
where subpartition_spec or template_spec is:
subpartition_element [, ...]
and subpartition_element is:
DEFAULT SUBPARTITION name
| [SUBPARTITION name] VALUES (list_value [,...] )
| [SUBPARTITION name]
START ([datatype] 'start_value') [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE]
[ END ([datatype] 'end_value') [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE] ]
[ EVERY ([datatype] [number | INTERVAL] 'interval_value') ]
| [SUBPARTITION name]
END ([datatype] 'end_value') [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE]
[ EVERY ([datatype] [number | INTERVAL] 'interval_value') ]
[ WITH ( partition_storage_parameter=value [, ... ] ) ]
[column_reference_storage_directive [, …] ]
[ TABLESPACE tablespace ]
where storage_parameter is:
APPENDONLY={TRUE|FALSE}
BLOCKSIZE={8192-2097152}
ORIENTATION={COLUMN|ROW}
COMPRESSTYPE={ZLIB|QUICKLZ|RLE_TYPE|NONE}
COMPRESSLEVEL={0-9}
FILLFACTOR={10-100}
OIDS[=TRUE|FALSE]
where storage_directive is:
COMPRESSTYPE={ZLIB | QUICKLZ | RLE_TYPE | NONE}
| COMPRESSLEVEL={0-9}
| BLOCKSIZE={8192-2097152}
Where column_reference_storage_directive is:
COLUMN column_name ENCODING (storage_directive [, ... ] ), ...
DEFAULT COLUMN ENCODING (storage_directive [, ... ] )

CREATE TABLE AS
Defines a new table from the results of a query.
CREATE [ [GLOBAL | LOCAL] {TEMPORARY | TEMP} ] TABLE table_name
[(column_name [, ...] )]
[ WITH ( storage_parameter=value [, ... ] ) ]
[ON COMMIT {PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP}]
[TABLESPACE tablespace]
AS query
[DISTRIBUTED BY (column, [ ... ] ) | DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY]
where storage_parameter is:
APPENDONLY={TRUE|FALSE}
BLOCKSIZE={8192-2097152}
ORIENTATION={COLUMN|ROW}
COMPRESSTYPE={ZLIB|QUICKLZ}
COMPRESSLEVEL={1-9 | 1}
FILLFACTOR={10-100}
OIDS[=TRUE|FALSE]

CREATE TABLESPACE
Defines a new tablespace.
CREATE TABLESPACE tablespace_name [OWNER username]
FILESPACE filespace_name

CREATE TRIGGER
Defines a new trigger. User-defined triggers are not supported in Greenplum Database.
CREATE TRIGGER name {BEFORE | AFTER} {event [OR ...]}
ON table [ FOR [EACH] {ROW | STATEMENT} ]
EXECUTE PROCEDURE funcname ( arguments )

CREATE TYPE
Defines a new data type.
CREATE TYPE name AS ( attribute_name data_type [, ... ] )
CREATE TYPE name (
INPUT = input_function,
OUTPUT = output_function
[, RECEIVE = receive_function]
[, SEND = send_function]
[, INTERNALLENGTH = {internallength | VARIABLE}]
[, PASSEDBYVALUE]
[, ALIGNMENT = alignment]
[, STORAGE = storage]
[, DEFAULT = default]
[, ELEMENT = element]
[, DELIMITER = delimiter]
[, COMPRESSTYPE = compression_type]
[, COMPRESSLEVEL = compression_level]
[, BLOCKSIZE= blocksize]
)
CREATE TYPE name


CREATE USER
Defines a new database role with the LOGIN privilege by default.
CREATE USER name [ [WITH] option [ ... ] ]
where option can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
| VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
| IN ROLE rolename [, ...]
| IN GROUP rolename [, ...]
| ROLE rolename [, ...]
| ADMIN rolename [, ...]
| USER rolename [, ...]
| SYSID uid
| RESOURCE QUEUE queue_name


CREATE VIEW
Defines a new view.
CREATE [OR REPLACE] [TEMP | TEMPORARY] VIEW name
[ ( column_name [, ...] ) ]
AS query
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