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USER GUIDE
Connecting to Snowflake
Learn about the applications and tools that you can use to access Snowflake
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Working with Virtual Warehouses
Learn how to create and manage warehouses, which are used to process queries
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Databases, Tables and Views
Learn how to create and manage databases, tables, and views for storing and accessing
your data
USER GUIDE
Load Data into Snowflake
Learn about the different options for getting data into Snowflake and setting up a pipeline
to transform your data
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Getting Started
Basic information and instructions for first-time users of Snowflake.
Getting a Trial Account
Snowflake in 20 Minutes
Key Concepts and Architecture
Connecting to Snowflake
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User Guides
Instructions on performing various Snowflake operations.
Understanding & Using Time Travel
Working with Temporary and Transient Tables
Working with Materialized Views
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Developer Guides
Write applications that extend Snowflake, act as a client, or act as an integrating component.
Snowflake Native App Framework
Snowpark API
User-defined Functions (UDFs) and Stored Procedures
Drivers
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Reference
Reference for SQL data types, SQL commands, SQL functions, SQL classes, scripting, views, and
other areas
SQL Data Types
SQL Commands
SQL Functions
SQL Classes
Snowflake Scripting
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Tutorials
Tutorials to help you learn the basics of using Snowflake
Snowflake in 20 Minutes
Bulk Loading from a Local File System
Bulk Loading from Amazon S3 Using COPY
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Releases
Overview of the new features, enhancements, and important fixes introduced in the most recent
releases of Snowflake.
New features
Behavior change log
Snowflake connector, driver, and library monthly releases
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Whats New
New features, enhancements, and important behavior
changes introduced in the most recent Snowflake
releases.
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Recent Release Highlights
PUBLIC PREVIEW ON JULY 30TH, 2024
Polaris Catalog
With this release, we are pleased to announce the initial public preview release of the
Polaris Catalog hosted on Snowflake.
GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 1ST, 2024
Snowpark Container Services
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Snowpark Container Services to
Snowflake accounts in all commercial AWS regions, and the preview availability of
Snowpark Container Services to Snowflake accounts in all commercial Azure regions.
PREVIEW ON AUGUST 14TH, 2024
Cortex Analyst
GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 9TH, 2024
Streamlit in Snowflake on AWS GovCloud
GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 8TH, 2024
Cross-region inference for Snowflake AI & ML features — General Availability
GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 5TH, 2024
Data Dictionary Data Preview
Announcements
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Behavior Changes
Behavior changes that may impact your usage
Performance Improvements
All features that can improve performance and make queries run faster
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