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Category: Redshift

How-To Guides / Redshift

How to get the ddl of a view in Redshift database

DDL of views can be obtained from information_schema.views. Below is the sql to get the view definition where schemaname is

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How to list all views in a Redshift database

Run the below query to list all the non-system views in a Redshift database. select table_schema, table_name from information_schema.views where

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How to add multiple columns to a table in Redshift

Below is the syntax to add a new column to an existing table in Redshift. alter table schemaname.tablename add columnname

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How to view the sql history(recent queries) of a user in Redshift

Use the below sql statement to view the recent 100 queries run by a user ordered by the most recent

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How to resolve ‘ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN cannot run inside a transaction block’ in Redshift

You might encounter the below error while trying to modify a column in Redshift database from SQL Workbench. [Amazon](500310) Invalid

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How to change the distribution style of a table in Redshift database

You can modify the distribution style of a table using below sql command: alter table tablename alter diststyle AUTO|ALL|EVEN|KEY DISTKEY

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How to determine the distribution style of a table in Redshift database

You can query the SVV_TABLE_INFO view to determine the distribution style of a table. select “database”, “schema”, “table”, “diststyle” from

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How to query only the top 10 rows in Redshift

Use the Top function to query only the top 10 rows. Syntax is as below: Select top 10 * from

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How to Revoke super user privileges from a Redshift database user

You can revoke the super user privileges previously granted to a database user by running the below sql command where

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How to grant super user privileges to a Redshift database user

To grant super user privileges to an existing database user, login as a super user (master user created during the

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