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You can query a file with a specified format directly with SQL.
file_format.`file_path`
file_format
Specifies a file format for a given file path, could be TEXTFILE, ORC, PARQUET, etc.
file_path
Specifies a file path with a given format.
-- PARQUET file SELECT * FROM parquet.`examples/src/main/resources/users.parquet`; +------+--------------+----------------+ | name|favorite_color|favorite_numbers| +------+--------------+----------------+ |Alyssa| null| [3, 9, 15, 20]| | Ben| red| []| +------+--------------+----------------+ -- ORC file SELECT * FROM orc.`examples/src/main/resources/users.orc`; +------+--------------+----------------+ | name|favorite_color|favorite_numbers| +------+--------------+----------------+ |Alyssa| null| [3, 9, 15, 20]| | Ben| red| []| +------+--------------+----------------+ -- JSON file SELECT * FROM json.`examples/src/main/resources/people.json`; +----+-------+ | age| name| +----+-------+ |null|Michael| | 30| Andy| | 19| Justin| +----+-------+