maropu commented on a change in pull request #26970: [SPARK-28825][SQL][DOC] Documentation for Explain Command URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/26970#discussion_r360622819
########## File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry-explain.md ########## @@ -19,4 +19,157 @@ license: | limitations under the License. --- -**This page is under construction** +### Description + +The `EXPLAIN` statement provides the execution plan for the statement. +By default, `EXPLAIN` provides information about the physical plan. +`EXPLAIN` does not support 'DESCRIBE TABLE' statement. + + +### Syntax +{% highlight sql %} +EXPLAIN [EXTENDED | CODEGEN] statement Review comment: We have more modes for explains: https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/c72f88b0ba20727e831ba9755d9628d0347ee3cb/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/commands.scala#L134 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org