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  1. Apache Drill
  2. DRILL-7247

Use result of DESCRIBE as a SELECT

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 1.16.0
    • None
    • Storage - Information Schema
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    Description

      It would be usefull to be able to use the result of a DESCRIBE command like a SELECT.

      Examples:

      CREATE TABLE dfs.tmp.`outputTable.csv` AS (DESCRIBE dfs.tmp.`test`);

      SELECT `COLUMN_NAME` 
FROM (DESCRIBE dfs.tmp.`test`) 
WHERE `DATA_TYPE` LIKE '%INT%';

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