SQL command reference¶

These topics provide reference information for all the Snowflake SQL commands (DDL, DML, and query syntax).

• Query syntax — structure of SQL queries in Snowflake.

• Query operators — arithmetic, logical, and other types of operators.

• Data Definition Language (DDL) commands — overview of DDL commands.

• Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands — commands for performing DML operations, including:

  • Inserting, deleting, updating, and merging data in Snowflake tables.

  • Bulk copying data into and out of Snowflake tables.

  • Staging files for bulk copying.

• All commands (alphabetical) — alphabetical list of all the commands.

• Commands categorized by the type of objects and operations they control, including:

  • General account-level objects (accounts, users, roles, security policies, integrations, etc.) and operations (failover & recovery, etc.).

  • Session-based operations (session context, queries, variables, transactions, etc.).

  • Virtual warehouses (for loading data and performing queries) and resource monitors (for controlling credit usage).

  • Databases, schemas, tables, and other schema-level objects (views, sequences, etc.).

  • Snowflake extensions and application development (user-defined functions, stored procedures, scripting, etc.).

  • Objects for sharing data (shares, listings, etc.).

  • Objects for classifying, protecting, and governing data (masking policies, row-access policies, tags, etc.).