Application Programming Interface Guide > DSL API > Virtual Catalogs > DSL Syntax
 
DSL Syntax
Using a sample DSL syntax mentioned below,, the "rest/execute/v1/ actions/dsl/invoke" REST API can be executed to create, update and delete virtual catalogs:
 
DROP VIRTUAL CATALOG (IF EXISTS)? /path/name
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CREATE VIRTUAL CATALOG (IF NOT EXISTS)? /path/name
(SET ANNOTATION ‘this is a virtual catalog created using DSL api’ | NULL)?
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ALTER VIRTUAL CATALOG /path/name (RELOCATE TO /path/newName)?
(SET ANNOTATION ‘this is a virtual catalog created using DSL api’ | NULL)?
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SELECT * FROM model.ALL_CATALOGS WHERE PARENT_PATH = '/services/databases/publishedDB' //to view published virtual catalog
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//to get the resource properties
SELECT * FROM model.ALL_RESOURCE_PROPERTIES WHERE
METADATA_ID =
(SELECT CATALOG_ID FROM model.ALL_CATALOGS
WHERE CATALOG_NAME = 'name' AND //name of virtual catalog
PARENT_PATH = '/services/databases/publishedDB'); //parent path of the published catalog