Cross Database References in Snowflake


Cross Database References in Snowflake

Last week, your engineer created a Snowflake procedure (PROD_DB.SCHEMA.ADD_CUSTOMER) that inserts a new customer record into the customers table (PROD_DB.SCHEMA.CUSTOMERS).   Notice that these object names are “fully qualified” with specified database, schema, and...
File Loading Query


File Loading Query

This is another post in our series of Datalytyx blog posts on useful diagnostic queries for Snowflake. This time round we’re looking at loading data into Snowflake and how to check for inefficiencies in data loading. TL;DR this query will help you spot inefficient...
Getting the Most Out of Snowflake


Getting the Most Out of Snowflake

This is the first in a series of Datalytyx blog posts on useful diagnostic queries you can run in Snowflake. To get us started, we’re going to look at ‘spilling,’ which according to Snowflake’s own definition is “When Snowflake cannot fit an operation in memory, it...