SORTKEY

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Description

The keyword that specifies that the column is the sort key for the table. In Snowflake, SORTKEY from Redshift can be migrated to CLUSTER BY because both optimize data storage for query performance. CLUSTER BY in Snowflake organizes data on specified columns, similar to how SORTKEY orders data in Redshift.

Click here to navigate to the Amazon Redshift docs page for this syntax.

Grammar Syntax

[COMPOUND | INTERLEAVED ] SORTKEY ( column_name [,...]) | [ SORTKEY AUTO ]

Sample Source Patterns

Input Code:

Redshift

IN -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE TABLE table1 (
    col1 INTEGER,
    col2 VARCHAR,
    col3 INTEGER,
    col4 INTEGER
)
COMPOUND SORTKEY (col1, col3);

CREATE TABLE table2 (
    col1 INTEGER
)
INTERLEAVED SORTKEY (col1);

CREATE TABLE table3 (
    col1 INTEGER
)
SORTKEY AUTO;

Output Code:

Snowflake

OUT -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE TABLE table1 (
    col1 INTEGER,
    col2 VARCHAR,
    col3 INTEGER,
    col4 INTEGER
)
--** SSC-FDM-RS0002 - THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLUSTER BY MAY VARY COMPARED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SORTKEY **
CLUSTER BY (col1, col3)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "09/17/2024" }}'
;

CREATE TABLE table2 (
    col1 INTEGER
)
--** SSC-FDM-RS0002 - THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLUSTER BY MAY VARY COMPARED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SORTKEY **
CLUSTER BY (col1)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "09/17/2024" }}'
;

CREATE TABLE table3 (
    col1 INTEGER
)
----** SSC-FDM-RS0001 - SORTKEY AUTO OPTION NOT SUPPORTED. DATA STORAGE IS AUTOMATICALLY HANDLED BY SNOWFLAKE. **
--SORTKEY AUTO
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "09/17/2024" }}';

Related EWIs

1. SSC-FDM-RS0001: Option not supported. Data storage is automatically handled by Snowflake.

2. SSC-FDM-RS0002: The performance of the CLUSTER BY may vary compared to the performance of Sortkey.