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<h1>pyspark.sql.Catalog<a class="headerlink" href="#pyspark-sql-catalog" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">pyspark.sql.</code><code class="sig-name descname">Catalog</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">sparkSession</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/pyspark/sql/catalog.html#Catalog"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pyspark.sql.Catalog" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>User-facing catalog API, accessible through <cite>SparkSession.catalog</cite>.</p>
<p>This is a thin wrapper around its Scala implementation org.apache.spark.sql.catalog.Catalog.</p>
<p class="rubric">Methods</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.cacheTable.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.cacheTable" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.cacheTable"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cacheTable</span></code></a>(tableName)</p></td>
<td><p>Caches the specified table in-memory.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.clearCache.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.clearCache" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.clearCache"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">clearCache</span></code></a>()</p></td>
<td><p>Removes all cached tables from the in-memory cache.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.createExternalTable.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.createExternalTable" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.createExternalTable"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">createExternalTable</span></code></a>(tableName[, path, …])</p></td>
<td><p>Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.createTable.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.createTable" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.createTable"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">createTable</span></code></a>(tableName[, path, source, …])</p></td>
<td><p>Creates a table based on the dataset in a data source.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.currentDatabase.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.currentDatabase" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.currentDatabase"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">currentDatabase</span></code></a>()</p></td>
<td><p>Returns the current default database in this session.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropGlobalTempView.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropGlobalTempView" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropGlobalTempView"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dropGlobalTempView</span></code></a>(viewName)</p></td>
<td><p>Drops the global temporary view with the given view name in the catalog.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropTempView.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropTempView" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.dropTempView"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dropTempView</span></code></a>(viewName)</p></td>
<td><p>Drops the local temporary view with the given view name in the catalog.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.isCached.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.isCached" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.isCached"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isCached</span></code></a>(tableName)</p></td>
<td><p>Returns true if the table is currently cached in-memory.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listColumns.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.listColumns" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listColumns"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">listColumns</span></code></a>(tableName[, dbName])</p></td>
<td><p>Returns a list of columns for the given table/view in the specified database.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listDatabases.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.listDatabases" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listDatabases"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">listDatabases</span></code></a>()</p></td>
<td><p>Returns a list of databases available across all sessions.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listFunctions.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.listFunctions" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listFunctions"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">listFunctions</span></code></a>([dbName])</p></td>
<td><p>Returns a list of functions registered in the specified database.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listTables.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.listTables" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.listTables"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">listTables</span></code></a>([dbName])</p></td>
<td><p>Returns a list of tables/views in the specified database.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.recoverPartitions.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.recoverPartitions" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.recoverPartitions"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">recoverPartitions</span></code></a>(tableName)</p></td>
<td><p>Recovers all the partitions of the given table and update the catalog.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.refreshByPath.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.refreshByPath" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.refreshByPath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">refreshByPath</span></code></a>(path)</p></td>
<td><p>Invalidates and refreshes all the cached data (and the associated metadata) for any DataFrame that contains the given data source path.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.refreshTable.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.refreshTable" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.refreshTable"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">refreshTable</span></code></a>(tableName)</p></td>
<td><p>Invalidates and refreshes all the cached data and metadata of the given table.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.registerFunction.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.registerFunction" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.registerFunction"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">registerFunction</span></code></a>(name, f[, returnType])</p></td>
<td><p>An alias for <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">spark.udf.register()</span></code>.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.setCurrentDatabase.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.setCurrentDatabase" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.setCurrentDatabase"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">setCurrentDatabase</span></code></a>(dbName)</p></td>
<td><p>Sets the current default database in this session.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="pyspark.sql.Catalog.uncacheTable.html#pyspark.sql.Catalog.uncacheTable" title="pyspark.sql.Catalog.uncacheTable"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uncacheTable</span></code></a>(tableName)</p></td>
<td><p>Removes the specified table from the in-memory cache.</p></td>
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