[jira] [Created] (DRILL-3399) document how to get the Drill views definition

["Kristine Hahn (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Kristine Hahn created DRILL-3399:
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             Summary: document how to get the Drill views definition
                 Key: DRILL-3399
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3399
             Project: Apache Drill
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Documentation
    Affects Versions: 1.0.0
            Reporter: Kristine Hahn


Document (if not already covered) how to get a view definition, which is sql for which the drill view is created:
{code}
select VIEW_DEFINITION from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS where TABLE_NAME ='your_view_name';
{code}
In Drill, a view is just a JSON file, which will live within the workspace where you saved it. Example:
{code}
 create or replace view dfs.workspace.myview as select * from mytable;
{code}

 It will create a file called 'myview.view.drill' , which will look
something like this:
{code}
 {
 "name" : "testview",
  "sql" : "SELECT *\nFROM `drill/new.json`\nFETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY",
  "fields" : [ {
    "name" : "*",
    "type" : "ANY",
   "isNullable" : true
 } ],
   "workspaceSchemaPath" : [ "dfs", "workspace" ]
 }
{code}



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