Thanks Shuyi! I left some comments there. I think the design of SQL DDL and Flink-Hive integration/External catalog enhancements will work closely with each other. Hope we are well aligned on the directions of the two designs, and I look forward to working with you guys on both!
Bowen On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:57 PM Shuyi Chen <suez1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > SQL DDL support has been a long-time ask from the community. Current Flink > SQL support only DML (e.g. SELECT and INSERT statements). In its current > form, Flink SQL users still need to define/create table sources and sinks > programmatically in Java/Scala. Also, in SQL Client, without DDL support, > the current implementation does not allow dynamical creation of table, type > or functions with SQL, this adds friction for its adoption. > > I drafted a design doc [1] with a few other community members that proposes > the design and implementation for adding DDL support in Flink. The initial > design considers DDL for table, view, type, library and function. It will > be great to get feedback on the design from the community, and align with > latest effort in unified SQL connector API [2] and Flink Hive integration > [3]. > > Any feedback is highly appreciated. > > Thanks > Shuyi Chen > > [1] > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TTP-GCC8wSsibJaSUyFZ_5NBAHYEB1FVmPpP7RgDGBA/edit?usp=sharing > [2] > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yaxp1UJUFW-peGLt8EIidwKIZEWrrA-pznWLuvaH39Y/edit?usp=sharing > [3] > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkppRD_rE3uOKSN-LuZCqn4f7dz0zW5aa6T_hBZq5_o/edit?usp=sharing > -- > "So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." >
