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Snowflake Describe queries to show columns in a table #2260
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I am also getting these errors quite a bit: |
Hey @brittianwarner - thanks for opening this issue! We had a good thread on this topic which is worth checking out if you haven't seen it already: #1877 Let's make this happen. |
Sounds great! Let me know if I can help in any way. |
…columns-in-table Use "describe table" to get the columns in a relation on snowflake (#2260)
Describe the feature
The information_schema is extremely slow in Snowflake and it would be nice to use the describe functionality described here:https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/desc-table.html
I noticed that 0.16.0 implemented "show schema" but this only solved part of the problem.
I am running many models in parallel and I am seeing issues around the information schema where queries can take around a minute to return table information.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I don't know of any alternatives since this is built into DBT.
Additional context
This feature is database specific.
Who will this benefit?
Anyone using Snowflake.
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