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ALTER TABLE

功能描述

ALTER TABLE为DataArts Fabric SQL服务下特有语法,该语法功能是修改LakeFormation上表的元数据信息,用于调整数据表的结构或属性。

约束限制

  • ADD COLUMNS、DROP COLUMNS、COLUMN RENAME、ALTER COLUMN语法仅对ICEBERG表生效,ORC、PARQUET表无法对列进行操作。
  • 列位置操作、复杂类型字段操作仅对ICEBERG表生效。
  • 外表(EXTERNAL TABLE)不支持ALTER TABLE。

语法格式

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ALTER TABLE table_name DROP PARTITIONS ( col_name = col_value [, ... ] ) [, ... ];
ALTER TABLE table_name ADD COLUMN col_name col_type [ COMMENT col_comment ] [ FIRST |  BEFORE col_name | AFTER col_name ] [, ... ];
ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMNS ( col_name [, ... ] );
ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME COLUMN col_name TO col_name_new;
ALTER TABLE table_name ALTER COLUMN col_name [ TYPE col_type ] [ COMMENT col_comment ] [ FIRST |  BEFORE col_name | AFTER col_name ] [, ... ];
ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME TO table_name_new;
ALTER TABLE table_name SET TABLEPROPERTIES ( option_key = option_value [, ... ] );
ALTER TABLE table_name UNSET TABLEPROPERTIES ( option_key [, ... ] );
ALTER TABLE table_name UPDATE COLUMNS;

参数说明

该ALTER TABLE语法中,参数规格与建表规格一致。

示例

在表test_table中添加sales bigint列:

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ALTER TABLE test_table ADD COLUMN sales bigint COMMENT 'factory sales volume';

将表test_table中sales列更名为my_sales:

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ALTER TABLE test_table RENAME COLUMN sales TO my_sales;

将表test_table中my_sales列类型更换为String:

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ALTER TABLE test_table ALTER COLUMN my_sales TYPE text COMMENT 'factory sales volume';

将表test_table中my_sales列删除:

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ALTER TABLE test_table DROP COLUMNS ( my_sales );

将表test_table更名为factory_info:

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ALTER TABLE test_table RENAME TO factory_info;

将表factory_info中参数hoodie.metadata.enable打开:

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ALTER TABLE factory_info SET TABLEPROPERTIES ( 'hoodie.metadata.enable' = 'true' );

将表factory_info中参数恢复默认值:

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ALTER TABLE factory_info UNSET TABLEPROPERTIES ( 'hoodie.metadata.enable' );

同步表factory_info分区信息:

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ALTER TABLE factory_info UPDATE COLUMNS;

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