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Proposal: Support Unity Catalog visually
Proposal
Some time ago I raised a pull request (#42) to handle catalog selection with visual references, which is a benefit for Unity Catalog. That PR was raised in March so the code has diverged, but more interesting the use
command was removed in v0.3.0.
I have been using my version of the dbsqlcli
that supports the functionality highlighted below, and recently had a colleague see me using catalogs in a very simple way. He ask why I was able to do this and not himself, so felt compelled to raise this issue.
Enter into a Database under a Catalog using use
dbsqlcli
dbc-12fcx123-12f:hive_metastore.default>
dbc-12fcx123-12f:hive_metastore.default> use dev.analytics;
You are now connected to database "dev.analytics"
Time: 0.616s
dbc-12fcx123-12f:dev.analytics>
Enter directly into a Database under a Catalog
dbsqlcli dev.analytics
dbc-12fcx123-12fc:dev.analytics>