File
Description
You can query a file with a specified format directly with SQL.
Syntax
file_format.`file_path`
Parameters
-
file_format
Specifies a file format for a given file path, could be TEXTFILE, ORC, PARQUET, etc.
-
file_path
Specifies a file path with a given format.
Examples
-- PARQUET file
SELECT * FROM parquet.`examples/src/main/resources/users.parquet`;
+------+--------------+----------------+
| name|favorite_color|favorite_numbers|
+------+--------------+----------------+
|Alyssa| null| [3, 9, 15, 20]|
| Ben| red| []|
+------+--------------+----------------+
-- ORC file
SELECT * FROM orc.`examples/src/main/resources/users.orc`;
+------+--------------+----------------+
| name|favorite_color|favorite_numbers|
+------+--------------+----------------+
|Alyssa| null| [3, 9, 15, 20]|
| Ben| red| []|
+------+--------------+----------------+
-- JSON file
SELECT * FROM json.`examples/src/main/resources/people.json`;
+----+-------+
| age| name|
+----+-------+
|null|Michael|
| 30| Andy|
| 19| Justin|
+----+-------+