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Databricks Exam Databricks-Certified-Data-Analyst-Associate Topic 4 Question 16 Discussion

Actual exam question for Databricks's Databricks-Certified-Data-Analyst-Associate exam
Question #: 16
Topic #: 4
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The stakeholders.customers table has 15 columns and 3,000 rows of data. The following command is run:

After running SELECT * FROM stakeholders.eur_customers, 15 rows are returned. After the command executes completely, the user logs out of Databricks.

After logging back in two days later, what is the status of the stakeholders.eur_customers view?

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Suggested Answer: B

The command you sent creates a TEMP VIEW, which is a type of view that is only visible and accessible to the session that created it. When the session ends or the user logs out, the TEMP VIEW is automatically dropped and cannot be queried anymore. Therefore, after logging back in two days later, the status of the stakeholders.eur_customers view is that it has been dropped and SELECT * FROM stakeholders.eur_customers will result in an error. The other options are not correct because:

A) The view does not remain available, as it is a TEMP VIEW that is dropped when the session ends or the user logs out.

C) The view is not available in the metastore, as it is a TEMP VIEW that is not registered in the metastore. The underlying data cannot be accessed with SELECT * FROM delta.stakeholders.eur_customers, as this is not a valid syntax for querying a Delta Lake table. The correct syntax would be SELECT * FROM delta.dbfs:/stakeholders/eur_customers, where the location path is enclosed in backticks. However, this would also result in an error, as the TEMP VIEW does not write any data to the file system and the location path does not exist.

D) The view does not remain available, as it is a TEMP VIEW that is dropped when the session ends or the user logs out. Data in views are not automatically deleted after logging out, as views do not store any data. They are only logical representations of queries on base tables or other views.

E) The view has not been converted into a table, as there is no automatic conversion between views and tables in Databricks. To create a table from a view, you need to use a CREATE TABLE AS statement or a similar command.Reference:CREATE VIEW | Databricks on AWS,Solved: How do temp views actually work? - Databricks - 20136,temp tables in Databricks - Databricks - 44012,Temporary View in Databricks - BIG DATA PROGRAMMERS,Solved: What is the difference between a Temporary View an ...


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Avery
5 months ago
I think the view remains available but attempting to SELECT from it results in an empty result set because data in views are automatically deleted after logging out.
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Maynard
5 months ago
But the underlying data can still be accessed with SELECT * FROM delta. `stakeholders.eur_customers`.
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Ilona
5 months ago
I believe the view has been dropped.
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Samira
6 months ago
Wait, did the question say the user logged out or got logged out? There's a difference, you know. Anyway, I'm going with B just to be safe.
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Dannette
5 months ago
I agree, I also think the view has been dropped.
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Jettie
5 months ago
I think the view has been dropped.
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Maynard
6 months ago
I think the view remains available and SELECT * FROM stakeholders.eur_customers will execute correctly.
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Evangelina
6 months ago
Ah, the joys of Databricks and its ever-changing views. Reminds me of that old saying, 'The only constant in life is change, and the only constant in Databricks is confusion.'
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An
6 months ago
I hope the answer isn't E, or else we'll have to start calling it a 'stakel' instead of a 'view'.
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Katina
6 months ago
I think the answer is A. The view should remain available even after the user logs out, as views are persistent objects in the metastore.
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Jacqueline
5 months ago
Yes, that's correct. Views are stored in the metastore and are not affected by logging out.
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Daryl
5 months ago
I agree, views are persistent objects so the view should still be available.
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