abstract class Catalog extends AnyRef
Catalog interface for Spark. To access this, use SparkSession.catalog.
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        cacheTable(tableName: String, storageLevel: StorageLevel): Unit
      
      
      
Caches the specified table with the given storage level.
Caches the specified table with the given storage level.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a temporary view or a table/view in the current database.
- storageLevel
 storage level to cache table.
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        cacheTable(tableName: String): Unit
      
      
      
Caches the specified table in-memory.
Caches the specified table in-memory.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a temporary view or a table/view in the current database.
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        clearCache(): Unit
      
      
      
Removes all cached tables from the in-memory cache.
Removes all cached tables from the in-memory cache.
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        createTable(tableName: String, source: String, schema: StructType, description: String, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
(Scala-specific) Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options.
(Scala-specific) Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
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        createTable(tableName: String, source: String, schema: StructType, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
(Scala-specific) Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options.
(Scala-specific) Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
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        createTable(tableName: String, source: String, description: String, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
(Scala-specific) Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options.
(Scala-specific) Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
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        createTable(tableName: String, source: String, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
(Scala-specific) Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options.
(Scala-specific) Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
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        createTable(tableName: String, path: String, source: String): DataFrame
      
      
      
Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and returns the corresponding DataFrame.
Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
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        createTable(tableName: String, path: String): DataFrame
      
      
      
Creates a table from the given path and returns the corresponding DataFrame.
Creates a table from the given path and returns the corresponding DataFrame. It will use the default data source configured by spark.sql.sources.default.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
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        currentCatalog(): String
      
      
      
Returns the current catalog in this session.
Returns the current catalog in this session.
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        currentDatabase: String
      
      
      
Returns the current database (namespace) in this session.
Returns the current database (namespace) in this session.
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        databaseExists(dbName: String): Boolean
      
      
      
Check if the database (namespace) with the specified name exists (the name can be qualified with catalog).
Check if the database (namespace) with the specified name exists (the name can be qualified with catalog).
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        dropGlobalTempView(viewName: String): Boolean
      
      
      
Drops the global temporary view with the given view name in the catalog.
Drops the global temporary view with the given view name in the catalog. If the view has been cached before, then it will also be uncached.
Global temporary view is cross-session. Its lifetime is the lifetime of the Spark application, i.e. it will be automatically dropped when the application terminates. It's tied to a system preserved database
global_temp, and we must use the qualified name to refer a global temp view, e.g.SELECT * FROM global_temp.view1.- viewName
 the unqualified name of the temporary view to be dropped.
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 true if the view is dropped successfully, false otherwise.
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        dropTempView(viewName: String): Boolean
      
      
      
Drops the local temporary view with the given view name in the catalog.
Drops the local temporary view with the given view name in the catalog. If the view has been cached before, then it will also be uncached.
Local temporary view is session-scoped. Its lifetime is the lifetime of the session that created it, i.e. it will be automatically dropped when the session terminates. It's not tied to any databases, i.e. we can't use
db1.view1to reference a local temporary view.Note that, the return type of this method was Unit in Spark 2.0, but changed to Boolean in Spark 2.1.
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 the name of the temporary view to be dropped.
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        functionExists(dbName: String, functionName: String): Boolean
      
      
      
Check if the function with the specified name exists in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
Check if the function with the specified name exists in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
To check existence of functions in other catalogs, please use
functionExists(functionName)with qualified function name instead.- dbName
 is an unqualified name that designates a database.
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 is an unqualified name that designates a function.
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        functionExists(functionName: String): Boolean
      
      
      
Check if the function with the specified name exists.
Check if the function with the specified name exists. This can either be a temporary function or a function.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a function. It follows the same resolution rule with SQL: search for built-in/temp functions first then functions in the current database (namespace).
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        getDatabase(dbName: String): Database
      
      
      
Get the database (namespace) with the specified name (can be qualified with catalog).
Get the database (namespace) with the specified name (can be qualified with catalog). This throws an AnalysisException when the database (namespace) cannot be found.
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        getFunction(dbName: String, functionName: String): Function
      
      
      
Get the function with the specified name in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
Get the function with the specified name in the specified database under the Hive Metastore. This throws an AnalysisException when the function cannot be found.
To get functions in other catalogs, please use
getFunction(functionName)with qualified function name instead.- dbName
 is an unqualified name that designates a database.
- functionName
 is an unqualified name that designates a function in the specified database
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        getFunction(functionName: String): Function
      
      
      
Get the function with the specified name.
Get the function with the specified name. This function can be a temporary function or a function. This throws an AnalysisException when the function cannot be found.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a function. It follows the same resolution rule with SQL: search for built-in/temp functions first then functions in the current database (namespace).
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        getTable(dbName: String, tableName: String): Table
      
      
      
Get the table or view with the specified name in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
Get the table or view with the specified name in the specified database under the Hive Metastore. This throws an AnalysisException when no Table can be found.
To get table/view in other catalogs, please use
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        getTable(tableName: String): Table
      
      
      
Get the table or view with the specified name.
Get the table or view with the specified name. This table can be a temporary view or a table/view. This throws an AnalysisException when no Table can be found.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. It follows the same resolution rule with SQL: search for temp views first then table/views in the current database (namespace).
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        isCached(tableName: String): Boolean
      
      
      
Returns true if the table is currently cached in-memory.
Returns true if the table is currently cached in-memory.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a temporary view or a table/view in the current database.
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        listCatalogs(pattern: String): Dataset[CatalogMetadata]
      
      
      
Returns a list of catalogs which name match the specify pattern and available in this session.
Returns a list of catalogs which name match the specify pattern and available in this session.
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        listCatalogs(): Dataset[CatalogMetadata]
      
      
      
Returns a list of catalogs available in this session.
Returns a list of catalogs available in this session.
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        listColumns(dbName: String, tableName: String): Dataset[Column]
      
      
      
Returns a list of columns for the given table/view in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
Returns a list of columns for the given table/view in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
To list columns for table/view in other catalogs, please use
listColumns(tableName)with qualified table/view name instead.- dbName
 is an unqualified name that designates a database.
- tableName
 is an unqualified name that designates a table/view.
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        listColumns(tableName: String): Dataset[Column]
      
      
      
Returns a list of columns for the given table/view or temporary view.
Returns a list of columns for the given table/view or temporary view.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. It follows the same resolution rule with SQL: search for temp views first then table/views in the current database (namespace).
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        listDatabases(pattern: String): Dataset[Database]
      
      
      
Returns a list of databases (namespaces) which name match the specify pattern and available within the current catalog.
Returns a list of databases (namespaces) which name match the specify pattern and available within the current catalog.
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        listDatabases(): Dataset[Database]
      
      
      
Returns a list of databases (namespaces) available within the current catalog.
Returns a list of databases (namespaces) available within the current catalog.
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Returns a list of functions registered in the specified database (namespace) which name match the specify pattern (the name can be qualified with catalog).
Returns a list of functions registered in the specified database (namespace) which name match the specify pattern (the name can be qualified with catalog). This includes all built-in and temporary functions.
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        listFunctions(dbName: String): Dataset[Function]
      
      
      
Returns a list of functions registered in the specified database (namespace) (the name can be qualified with catalog).
Returns a list of functions registered in the specified database (namespace) (the name can be qualified with catalog). This includes all built-in and temporary functions.
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        listFunctions(): Dataset[Function]
      
      
      
Returns a list of functions registered in the current database (namespace).
Returns a list of functions registered in the current database (namespace). This includes all temporary functions.
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        listTables(dbName: String, pattern: String): Dataset[Table]
      
      
      
Returns a list of tables/views in the specified database (namespace) which name match the specify pattern (the name can be qualified with catalog).
Returns a list of tables/views in the specified database (namespace) which name match the specify pattern (the name can be qualified with catalog). This includes all temporary views.
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        listTables(dbName: String): Dataset[Table]
      
      
      
Returns a list of tables/views in the specified database (namespace) (the name can be qualified with catalog).
Returns a list of tables/views in the specified database (namespace) (the name can be qualified with catalog). This includes all temporary views.
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Returns a list of tables/views in the current database (namespace).
Returns a list of tables/views in the current database (namespace). This includes all temporary views.
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        recoverPartitions(tableName: String): Unit
      
      
      
Recovers all the partitions in the directory of a table and update the catalog.
Recovers all the partitions in the directory of a table and update the catalog. Only works with a partitioned table, and not a view.
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Invalidates and refreshes all the cached data (and the associated metadata) for any
Datasetthat contains the given data source path.Invalidates and refreshes all the cached data (and the associated metadata) for any
Datasetthat contains the given data source path. Path matching is by checking for sub-directories, i.e. "/" would invalidate everything that is cached and "/test/parent" would invalidate everything that is a subdirectory of "/test/parent".- Since
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Invalidates and refreshes all the cached data and metadata of the given table.
Invalidates and refreshes all the cached data and metadata of the given table. For performance reasons, Spark SQL or the external data source library it uses might cache certain metadata about a table, such as the location of blocks. When those change outside of Spark SQL, users should call this function to invalidate the cache.
If this table is cached as an InMemoryRelation, drop the original cached version and make the new version cached lazily.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a temporary view or a table/view in the current database.
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Sets the current catalog in this session.
Sets the current catalog in this session.
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Sets the current database (namespace) in this session.
Sets the current database (namespace) in this session.
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Check if the table or view with the specified name exists in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
Check if the table or view with the specified name exists in the specified database under the Hive Metastore.
To check existence of table/view in other catalogs, please use
tableExists(tableName)with qualified table/view name instead.- dbName
 is an unqualified name that designates a database.
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Check if the table or view with the specified name exists.
Check if the table or view with the specified name exists. This can either be a temporary view or a table/view.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. It follows the same resolution rule with SQL: search for temp views first then table/views in the current database (namespace).
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Removes the specified table from the in-memory cache.
Removes the specified table from the in-memory cache.
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 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table/view. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a temporary view or a table/view in the current database.
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Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options.
Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options.
Create a table based on the dataset in a data source, a schema and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options.
Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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(Scala-specific) Create a table from the given path based on a data source, a schema and a set of options.
(Scala-specific) Create a table from the given path based on a data source, a schema and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
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 - Deprecated
 (Since version 2.2.0) use createTable instead.
- Since
 2.0.0
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        def
      
      
        createExternalTable(tableName: String, source: String, schema: StructType, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
Create a table from the given path based on a data source, a schema and a set of options.
Create a table from the given path based on a data source, a schema and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
- Annotations
 - @deprecated
 - Deprecated
 (Since version 2.2.0) use createTable instead.
- Since
 2.0.0
 - 
      
      
      
        
      
    
      
        
        def
      
      
        createExternalTable(tableName: String, source: String, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
(Scala-specific) Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and a set of options.
(Scala-specific) Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
- Annotations
 - @deprecated
 - Deprecated
 (Since version 2.2.0) use createTable instead.
- Since
 2.0.0
 - 
      
      
      
        
      
    
      
        
        def
      
      
        createExternalTable(tableName: String, source: String, options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame
      
      
      
Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and a set of options.
Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and a set of options. Then, returns the corresponding DataFrame.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
- Annotations
 - @deprecated
 - Deprecated
 (Since version 2.2.0) use createTable instead.
- Since
 2.0.0
 - 
      
      
      
        
      
    
      
        
        def
      
      
        createExternalTable(tableName: String, path: String, source: String): DataFrame
      
      
      
Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and returns the corresponding DataFrame.
Creates a table from the given path based on a data source and returns the corresponding DataFrame.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
- Annotations
 - @deprecated
 - Deprecated
 (Since version 2.2.0) use createTable instead.
- Since
 2.0.0
 - 
      
      
      
        
      
    
      
        
        def
      
      
        createExternalTable(tableName: String, path: String): DataFrame
      
      
      
Creates a table from the given path and returns the corresponding DataFrame.
Creates a table from the given path and returns the corresponding DataFrame. It will use the default data source configured by spark.sql.sources.default.
- tableName
 is either a qualified or unqualified name that designates a table. If no database identifier is provided, it refers to a table in the current database.
- Annotations
 - @deprecated
 - Deprecated
 (Since version 2.2.0) use createTable instead.
- Since
 2.0.0