schema_of_csv function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns the schema of a CSV string in DDL format.

Syntax

schema_of_csv(csv [, options] )

Arguments

• csv: A STRING literal with valid CSV data.
• options: An optional MAP literals where keys and values are STRING.

Returns

A STRING composing a struct. The field names are derived by position as _Cn. The values hold the derived formatted SQL types. For a complete list of options, see CSV.

Examples

> DESCRIBE SELECT schema_of_csv('1,abc');
 STRUCT<`_c0`: INT, `_c1`: STRING>

Related functions

• from_csv function