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How to Read a CSV File from Amazon S3 Using Python (With Headers and Rows Displayed)

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  Introduction If you’re working with cloud data, especially on AWS, chances are you’ll encounter data stored in CSV files inside an Amazon S3 bucket . Whether you're building a data pipeline or a quick analysis tool, reading data directly from S3 in Python is a fast, reliable, and scalable way to get started. In this blog post, we’ll walk through: Setting up access to S3 Reading a CSV file using Python and Boto3 Displaying headers and rows Tips to handle larger datasets Let’s jump in! What You’ll Need An AWS account An S3 bucket with a CSV file uploaded AWS credentials (access key and secret key) Python 3.x installed boto3 and pandas libraries installed (you can install them via pip) pip install boto3 pandas Step-by-Step: Read CSV from S3 Let’s say your S3 bucket is named my-data-bucket , and your CSV file is sample-data/employees.csv . ✅ Step 1: Import Required Libraries import boto3 import pandas as pd from io import StringIO boto3 is...

3 SQL Query Examples to Create Views Quickly

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There are three kinds of Views in SQL. The three views are Read-only, Force, and Updatable. Views real usage is to hide data. And you need to ensure base tables are present before you create a View. You can call views as logical tables. The advantage of Views is you can show only some of the fields of base tables. What is a View in SQL A view can be constructed with another view so it is called a nested view. You can create or replace an existing view A view can be created without having base tables. This is possible with the FORCE option. #1: Read-Only Views The standard syntax for the view is as follows: CREATE OR replace VIEW invoice_summary AS SELECT vendor_name count(*) AS invoice_count, SUM(invoice_total) AS invoice_total_sum FROM vendor JOIN invoices ON vendors.vendor_id*invoices.vendor_id GROUP BY vendor_name; Notes: You cannot update Read-only Views #2: Force Views CREATE FORCE VIEW products_list AS SELECT product_description, product_price FROM products;...