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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 124

Creating Temporary Views via SQL DDL

How do we create a temporary view using SQL CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW statements?

Advancedโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 660 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we create a temporary view using SQL CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW statements?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

Executing standard SQL DDL syntax to define filtered or transformed views directly in the session catalog.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Porting enterprise SQL stored procedures and multi-view ETL workflows into Apache Spark.

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
spark.sql("""
    CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW v_high_salary AS
    SELECT name, department, salary
    FROM employees
    WHERE salary > 100000
""")

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Creating Temporary Views via SQL DDL.

  • โœ“ Execute SQL DDL statement
  • โœ“ Create filtered temporary view in catalog
  • โœ“ Encapsulate business logic in SQL view