[IMPALA-8855] Impala docs do not mention all places VALUES clause can be used

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Impala 3.4.0
• Component/s: Docs
• Epic Color: ghx-label-1
• Assignee: Alexandra Rodoni
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 12/Aug/19 20:35
• Updated: 13/Nov/19 22:10
• Resolved: 13/Nov/19 19:43

Description

The documentation only mentions the values clause in the context of an INSERT statement. https://impala.apache.org/docs/build/html/topics/impala_insert.html

It can actually be used anywhere that a SELECT statement could be used, e.g. this is a valid query:

values ('hello', 'world')