REFRESH

Description

This statement refreshes the metadata of the specified Catalog/Database/Table.

syntax:

REFRESH CATALOG catalog_name;
REFRESH DATABASE [catalog_name.]database_name;
REFRESH TABLE [catalog_name.][database_name.]table_name;

When the Catalog is refreshed, the object-related Cache is forced to be invalidated.

Including Partition Cache, Schema Cache, File Cache, etc.

Examples

1. Refresh hive catalog

   REFRESH CATALOG hive;

2. Refresh database1

   REFRESH DATABASE ctl.database1;
   REFRESH DATABASE database1;

3. Refresh table1

   REFRESH TABLE ctl.db.table1;
   REFRESH TABLE db.table1;
   REFRESH TABLE table1;

Keywords

REFRESH, CATALOG, DATABASE, TABLE

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