DESCRIBE WAREHOUSE

Describes a virtual warehouse. For example, shows the date that the warehouse was created.

You can abbreviate DESCRIBE to DESC.

See also:

ALTER WAREHOUSE , CREATE WAREHOUSE, DROP WAREHOUSE , SHOW WAREHOUSES

Syntax

DESC[RIBE] WAREHOUSE <name>
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Parameters

name

Specifies the identifier of the warehouse to describe.

Usage notes

  • To post-process the output of this command, you can use the pipe operator (->>) or the RESULT_SCAN function. Both constructs treat the output as a result set that you can query.

    For example, you can use the pipe operator or RESULT_SCAN function to select specific columns from the SHOW command output or filter the rows.

    When you refer to the output columns, use double-quoted identifiers for the column names. For example, to select the output column type, specify SELECT "type".

    You must use double-quoted identifiers because the output column names for SHOW commands are in lowercase. The double quotes ensure that the column names in the SELECT list or WHERE clause match the column names in the SHOW command output that was scanned.

Examples

This demonstrates the DESCRIBE WAREHOUSE command:

CREATE WAREHOUSE temporary_warehouse WAREHOUSE_SIZE=XSMALL;
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DESCRIBE WAREHOUSE temporary_warehouse;
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+-------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+
| created_on                    | name                | kind      |
|-------------------------------+---------------------+-----------|
| 2022-06-23 00:00:00.000 -0700 | TEMPORARY_WAREHOUSE | WAREHOUSE |
+-------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+
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