Snowflake Inc.
ACCOUNT-LEVEL NAMESPACES FOR DATABASE PLATFORMS

Abstract:

A database platform receives an object identifier from a client in association with a database session. The client is associated with a customer account of the database platform, and the database session is associated with the client. In response to receiving the object identifier, the database platform identifies a resolution namespace for the object identifier, where the resolution namespace for the object identifier is a namespace that is specified in the object identifier if the object identifier includes a specified namespace, and where the resolution namespace is otherwise a current account-level namespace of the database session. The database platform resolves the object identifier with reference to the identified resolution namespace for the object identifier, including identifying an object corresponding to the object identifier in the customer account.