NAME
    gcloud metastore services query-metadata - execute a SQL query against a
        Dataproc Metastore Service's metadata

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud metastore services query-metadata (SERVICE : --location=LOCATION)
        --query=QUERY [--format=FORMAT] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Execute a SQL query against a Dataproc Metastore Service's metadata.

EXAMPLES
    To query metadata against a Dataproc Metastore service with the name
    my-metastore-service in location us-central1, and the sql query "show
    tables;", run:

        $ gcloud metastore services query-metadata my-metastore-service \
            --location=us-central1 --query="show tables;"

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     Service resource - The service to query metadata. The arguments in this
     group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some
     attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other
     ways.

     To set the project attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument service on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line;
      ◆ set the property core/project.

     This must be specified.

       SERVICE
          ID of the service or fully qualified identifier for the service.

          To set the service attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument service on the command line.

          This positional argument must be specified if any of the other
          arguments in this group are specified.

       --location=LOCATION
          Location to which the service belongs.

          To set the location attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument service on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --location on the command line;
          ▸ set the property metastore/location.

REQUIRED FLAGS
     --query=QUERY
        Use Google Standard SQL query for Cloud Spanner and MySQL query syntax
        for Cloud SQL. Cloud Spanner SQL is described at
        https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/query-syntax)"

COMMONLY USED FLAGS
     --format=FORMAT
        Sets the format for printing command output resources. The default is a
        command-specific human-friendly output format. If both core/format and
        --format are specified, --format takes precedence. --format and
        core/format both take precedence over core/default_format. The
        supported formats are limited to: config, csv, default, diff, disable,
        flattened, get, json, list, multi, none, object, table, text, value,
        yaml. For more details run $ gcloud topic formats. Run $ gcloud config
        set --help to see more information about core/format

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
    These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
    --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,
    --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet,
    --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha metastore services query-metadata

        $ gcloud beta metastore services query-metadata