SHARES

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above

INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SHARES describes shares.

Information is displayed only for shares the user has permission to interact with.

This is an extension to the SQL Standard Information Schema.

Definition

The SHARES relation contains the following columns:

Name Data type Nullable Description
SHARE_NAME STRING No Name of the share.
SHARE_OWNER STRING No Owner of the share.
COMMENT STRING Yes An optional comment that describes the share.
CREATED TIMESTAMP No Timestamp when the share was created.
CREATED_BY STRING No Principal who created the share.
LAST_ALTERED TIMESTAMP No Timestamp when the share was last altered in any way.
LAST_ALTERED_BY STRING No Principal who last altered the share.

Constraints

The following constraints apply to the SHARES relation:

Class Name Column List Description
Primary key SHARES_PK SHARE_NAME Unique identifier for the share.

Examples

> SELECT share_owner
    FROM information_schema.shares