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ALTER TABLE ... WRITE ORDERED BY
Last updated: 2024-08-07 17:18:07
ALTER TABLE ... WRITE ORDERED BY
Last updated: 2024-08-07 17:18:07

Description

Supported engine: SparkSQL
Applicable table: External and native Iceberg tables
Purpose: Set the sorting method data insertion into a table.

Statement

ALTER TABLE table_identifier
WRITE [LOCALLY] ORDERED BY
{col_name [ASC|DESC] [NULLS FIRST|LAST]}[, ...]

Parameter

table_identifier: Data table name

Example

ALTER TABLE dempts WRITE ORDERED BY category, id;
-- use optional ASC/DEC keyword to specify sort order of each field (default ASC)
ALTER TABLE dempts WRITE ORDERED BY category ASC, id DESC;
-- use optional NULLS FIRST/NULLS LAST keyword to specify null order of each field (default FIRST)
ALTER TABLE dempts WRITE ORDERED BY category ASC NULLS LAST, id DESC NULLS FIRST;
-- To order within each task, not across tasks
ALTER TABLE dempts WRITE LOCALLY ORDERED BY category, id;



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