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| ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE … REFRESH | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/alter-external-table |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#you-must-configure-an-event-notification-for-your-storage-location-to-notify-snowflake-when-new-or-updated-data-is-availableto-read-into-the-external-table-metadata-for-more-information-see-the-instructions-for-your-cloud-storage-service |
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| ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/alter-external-table |
| Refresh external tables automatically for Amazon S3 | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/tables-external-s3 |
| Apache Iceberg™ table | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/tables-iceberg |
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| CREATE ICEBERG TABLE (Delta files in object storage) | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-iceberg-table-delta |
| Migrate a Delta external table to Apache Iceberg™ | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/tables-external-intro#label-tables-external-intro-migrate-to-iceberg |
| preview feature | https://docs.snowflake.com/release-notes/preview-features |
| ALTER EXTERNAL TABLE … REFRESH | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/alter-external-table |
| row access policy | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-row-intro |
| data metric functions (DMFs) | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/data-quality-intro |
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| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#partitioning-parameters |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#cloud-provider-parameters-cloudproviderparams |
| Refresh external tables automatically for Google Cloud Storage | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/tables-external-gcs |
| Refresh external tables automatically for Azure Blob Storage | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/tables-external-azure |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#format-type-options-formattypeoptions |
| loading data into | https://docs.snowflake.com/guides-overview-loading-data |
| unloading data out of | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/data-unload-overview |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#type-csv |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#type-json |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#type-avro |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#type-orc |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#type-parquet |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#access-control-requirements |
| role | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-access-control-overview#label-access-control-overview-roles |
| privileges | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-access-control-overview#label-access-control-overview-privileges |
| Creating custom roles | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-access-control-configure#label-security-custom-role |
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| Overview of Access Control | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-access-control-overview |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#usage-notes |
| Masking policies and external tables | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-column-intro#label-security-column-intro-ext-table |
| Row access policies and external tables | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/security-row-intro#label-security-row-intro-ext-table |
| DROP EXTERNAL TABLE | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/drop-external-table |
| Metadata fields in Snowflake | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/metadata |
| POLICY_CONTEXT | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/functions/policy_context |
| SELECT | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/select |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#examples |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#partitions-added-automatically-from-partition-column-expressions |
| CREATE STAGE | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-stage |
| TO_DATE , DATE | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/functions/to_date |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#partitions-added-manually |
| GET_IGNORE_CASE | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/functions/get_ignore_case |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#materialized-view-on-an-external-table |
| Partitions Added Automatically From Partition Column Expressions | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#partitions-added-automatically-from-partition-column-expressions |
| CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-materialized-view |
| ¶ | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#external-table-created-with-detected-column-definitions |
| INFER_SCHEMA | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/functions/infer_schema |
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| Syntax | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#syntax |
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| Required parameters | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#required-parameters |
| Optional parameters | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#optional-parameters |
| You must configure an event notification for your storage location to notify Snowflake when new or updated data is availableto read into the external table metadata. For more information, see the instructions for your cloud storage service: | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#you-must-configure-an-event-notification-for-your-storage-location-to-notify-snowflake-when-new-or-updated-data-is-availableto-read-into-the-external-table-metadata-for-more-information-see-the-instructions-for-your-cloud-storage-service |
| Cloud provider parameters (cloudProviderParams) | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#cloud-provider-parameters-cloudproviderparams |
| Format type options (formatTypeOptions) | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#format-type-options-formattypeoptions |
| Access control requirements | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#access-control-requirements |
| Usage notes | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#usage-notes |
| Examples | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/sql/create-external-table#examples |
| Introduction to external tables | https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/tables-external-intro |
| SYSTEM$VALIDATE_STORAGE_INTEGRATION | https://docs.snowflake.com/sql-reference/functions/system_validate_storage_integration |