Apache Spark·Apache Spark essentials

Spark SQL

Register views and run SQL over distributed data.

Advanced 10 min read Lesson 3 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Create a temp view.
  • Use spark.sql.
  • Mix SQL and DataFrames.

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Register views and run SQL over distributed data.

  • Create a temp view.
  • Use spark.sql.
  • Mix SQL and DataFrames.
sql.pyPython
df.createOrReplaceTempView('lessons')
spark.sql('SELECT course, count(*) AS n FROM lessons GROUP BY course').show()
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