COPY INTO <location>

COPY moves data between Databend and object storage systems (such as Amazon S3).

Unloads data from a table (or query) into one or more files in one of the following locations:

• Named internal stage: The files can be downloaded from the stage using the GET command.
• Named external stage: An external location (including Amazon S3).
• External location: An object storage system (including Amazon S3).

Syntax

COPY INTO { internalStage | externalStage | externalLocation }
FROM { [<database_name>.]<table_name> | ( <query> ) }
[ FILE_FORMAT = ( { TYPE = { CSV | JSON | NDJSON | PARQUET } [ formatTypeOptions ] } ) ]
[ copyOptions ]
[ VALIDATION_MODE = RETURN_ROWS ]

Where:

internalStage

internalStage ::= @<internal_stage_name>[/<path>]

externalStage

externalStage ::= @<external_stage_name>[/<path>]

externalLocation (for Amazon S3)

externalLocation (for Amazon S3) ::=
  's3://<bucket>[/<path>]'
  [ { CREDENTIALS = ( {  { AWS_KEY_ID = '<string>' AWS_SECRET_KEY = '<string>' } } ) } ]

Parameter	Description	Required
s3://<bucket>/[<path>]	Files are in the specified external location (S3-like bucket)	YES
[ { CREDENTIALS = ( { { AWS_KEY_ID = '<string>' AWS_SECRET_KEY = '<string>' } } ) } ]' ]	The credentials for connecting to AWS and accessing the private/protected S3 bucket where the files to load are staged.	Optional
[ ENDPOINT_URL = '<endpoint_url>' ]	S3-compatible endpoint URL like MinIO, default is https://s3.amazonaws.com	Optional

formatTypeOptions

formatTypeOptions ::=
  RECORD_DELIMITER = '<character>'
  FIELD_DELIMITER = '<character>'
  SKIP_HEADER = <integer>

Parameters	Description	Required
RECORD_DELIMITER = '<character>'	One or more characters that separate records in the output file. Default '\n'	Optional
FIELD_DELIMITER = '<character>'	One or more characters that separate fields in the output file. Default ','	Optional
SKIP_HEADER = <integer>	Number of lines at the start of the file to skip. Default 0	Optional

copyOptions

copyOptions ::=
  [ SIZE_LIMIT = <num> ]

Parameters	Description	Required
SIZE_LIMIT = <num>	Number (> 0) that specifies the maximum rows of data to be unloaded for a given COPY statement. Default 0	Optional

Examples

Unloading into an Internal Stage

-- Create a table
CREATE TABLE test_table (
     id INTEGER,
     name VARCHAR,
     age INT
);

-- Insert data into the table
insert into test_table (id,name,age) values(1,'2',3), (4, '5', 6);

-- Create an internal stage
CREATE STAGE s2;


-- Unload the data in the table into the stage as a CSV file
copy into @s2 from test_table FILE_FORMAT = (type = 'CSV');

-- Unload the data from a query into the stage as a Parquet file
copy into @s2 from (select name, age, id from test_table limit 100) FILE_FORMAT = (type = 'PARQUET');