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                                                                                                                                    • ReferenceSQL command referenceData loading & unloadingSHOW PIPE

                                                                                                                                      SHOW PIPES¶

                                                                                                                                      Lists the pipes for which you have access privileges. This command can be used to list the pipes for a specified database or schema (or the current database/schema for the session), or your entire account.

                                                                                                                                      See also:

                                                                                                                                      ALTER PIPE , CREATE PIPE , DESCRIBE PIPE , DROP PIPE

                                                                                                                                      Syntax¶

                                                                                                                                      SHOW PIPES [ LIKE '' ]
                                                                                                                                                 [ IN
                                                                                                                                                      {
                                                                                                                                                        ACCOUNT                                         |
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        DATABASE                                        |
                                                                                                                                                        DATABASE                         |
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        SCHEMA                                          |
                                                                                                                                                        SCHEMA                             |
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        APPLICATION                   |
                                                                                                                                                        APPLICATION PACKAGE   |
                                                                                                                                                      }
                                                                                                                                                 ]
                                                                                                                                      
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                                                                                                                                      Parameters¶

                                                                                                                                      LIKE 'pattern'

                                                                                                                                      Optionally filters the command output by object name. The filter uses case-insensitive pattern matching, with support for SQL wildcard characters (% and _).

                                                                                                                                      For example, the following patterns return the same results:

                                                                                                                                      ... LIKE '%testing%' ...
                                                                                                                                      ... LIKE '%TESTING%' ...

                                                                                                                                      . Default: No value (no filtering is applied to the output).

                                                                                                                                      [ IN ... ]

                                                                                                                                      Optionally specifies the scope of the command. Specify one of the following:

                                                                                                                                      ACCOUNT

                                                                                                                                      Returns records for the entire account.

                                                                                                                                      DATABASE, . DATABASE db_name

                                                                                                                                      Returns records for the current database in use or for a specified database (db_name).

                                                                                                                                      If you specify DATABASE without db_name and no database is in use, the keyword has no effect on the output.

                                                                                                                                      Note

                                                                                                                                      Using SHOW commands without an IN clause in a database context can result in fewer than expected results.

                                                                                                                                      Objects with the same name are only displayed once if no IN clause is used. For example, if you have table t1 in schema1 and table t1 in schema2, and they are both in scope of the database context you’ve specified (that is, the database you’ve selected is the parent of schema1 and schema2), then SHOW TABLES only displays one of the t1 tables.

                                                                                                                                      SCHEMA, . SCHEMA schema_name

                                                                                                                                      Returns records for the current schema in use or a specified schema (schema_name).

                                                                                                                                      SCHEMA is optional if a database is in use or if you specify the fully qualified schema_name (for example, db.schema).

                                                                                                                                      If no database is in use, specifying SCHEMA has no effect on the output.

                                                                                                                                      APPLICATION application_name, . APPLICATION PACKAGE application_package_name

                                                                                                                                      Returns records for the named Snowflake Native App or application package.

                                                                                                                                      Default: Depends on whether the session currently has a database in use:

                                                                                                                                      • Database: DATABASE is the default (that is, the command returns the objects you have privileges to view in the database).

                                                                                                                                      • No database: ACCOUNT is the default (that is, the command returns the objects you have privileges to view in your account).

                                                                                                                                      Usage notes¶

                                                                                                                                      • Returns results only for the pipe owner (that is, the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the pipe), a role with the MONITOR or OPERATE privilege on the pipe, or a role with the global MONITOR EXECUTION privilege.

                                                                                                                                      • To determine the current status of a pipe, query the SYSTEM$PIPE_STATUS function.

                                                                                                                                      • The command doesn’t require a running warehouse to execute.

                                                                                                                                      • The command only returns objects for which the current user’s current role has been granted at least one access privilege.

                                                                                                                                      • The MANAGE GRANTS access privilege implicitly allows its holder to see every object in the account. By default, only the account administrator (users with the ACCOUNTADMIN role) and security administrator (users with the SECURITYADMIN role) have the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.

                                                                                                                                      • To post-process the output of this command, you can use the RESULT_SCAN function, which treats the output as a table that can be queried. You can also use the pipe operator to query the output of this command.

                                                                                                                                      • The command returns a maximum of ten thousand records for the specified object type, as dictated by the access privileges for the role used to execute the command. Any records above the ten thousand records limit aren’t returned, even with a filter applied.

                                                                                                                                        To view results for which more than ten thousand records exist, query the corresponding view (if one exists) in the Snowflake Information Schema.

                                                                                                                                      Output¶

                                                                                                                                      The command output provides pipe properties and metadata in the following columns:

                                                                                                                                      Column

                                                                                                                                      Description

                                                                                                                                      created_on

                                                                                                                                      Date and time when the pipe was created.

                                                                                                                                      name

                                                                                                                                      Name of the pipe.

                                                                                                                                      database_name

                                                                                                                                      Database in which the pipe is stored.

                                                                                                                                      schema_name

                                                                                                                                      Schema in which the pipe is stored.

                                                                                                                                      definition

                                                                                                                                      COPY statement used to load data from queued files into a Snowflake table.

                                                                                                                                      owner

                                                                                                                                      Name of the role that owns the pipe (i.e. that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on the pipe).

                                                                                                                                      notification_channel

                                                                                                                                      Amazon Resource Name of the Amazon SQS queue for the stage named in the DEFINITION column.

                                                                                                                                      comment

                                                                                                                                      Comment for this pipe.

                                                                                                                                      integration

                                                                                                                                      Name of the notification integration for pipes that rely on notification events to trigger data loads from Google Cloud Storage or Microsoft Azure cloud storage.

                                                                                                                                      pattern

                                                                                                                                      PATTERN copy option value in the COPY INTO

                                                                                                                                      statement in the pipe definition, if the copy option was specified.

                                                                                                                                      error_integration

                                                                                                                                      Notification integration name for pipes that rely on error events in Amazon S3 cloud storage to trigger notifications.

                                                                                                                                      owner_role_type

                                                                                                                                      The type of role that owns the object, for example ROLE. . If a Snowflake Native App owns the object, the value is APPLICATION. . Snowflake returns NULL if you delete the object because a deleted object does not have an owner role.

                                                                                                                                      invalid_reason

                                                                                                                                      Displays some detailed information for your pipes that may have issues. You can use the provided information to troubleshoot your pipes more effectively along with SYSTEM$PIPE_STATUS. If there is no issue with the pipe, the value is NULL.

                                                                                                                                      kind

                                                                                                                                      The kind of the pipe, which is STAGE.

                                                                                                                                      Examples¶

                                                                                                                                      Show all the pipes that you have privileges to view in the public schema in the mydb database:

                                                                                                                                      use database mydb;
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      show pipes;
                                                                                                                                      
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