The REFRESH SNAPSHOT TABLE command updates an existing snapshot table so that its data corresponds with that of the source tables.
Required
Privileges
In order to refresh a snapshot table, the user authorization must own the table, own or possess OWNER privileges on the schema to which the snapshot table belongs, or possess DBA privileges.
Syntax
snapshot table name
This is the name of an existing snapshot table in the current schema. The
snapshot table name may be qualified by a schema name (that is, <schema
name>.<snapshot table name>) to update a snapshot table
that is not in the current schema.
Description
The REFRESH SNAPSHOT TABLE statement updates the specified snapshot table if the data in the underlying source tables has changed, either since the snapshot table was created or since the last time this command was executed against the snapshot table. If snapshot table data was manually changed through direct INSERTs, UPDATEs, and DELETEs, the REFRESH SNAPSHOT TABLE command will erase all of those changes when the snapshot table is synchronized with the source tables.
Note that the REFRESH SNAPSHOT TABLE command performs a full update, which is equivalent to re-executing the snapshot's defining query.
Example
REFRESH SNAPSHOT TABLE st1;
The above example updates an existing snapshot table named st1.