THE CLOUD EXPEDITION! · Chapter 1

To Infinity and Be-Pond

Professor Shellbert adjusts his spectacles gravely. Reports of strange migrations from distant lands — we need cloud data to investigate. Captain Cloudsworth descends on a gust of wind. Then its time you met MotherDuck — the ENTIRE WORLD at your wingtips! Your first step: Connect to MotherDuck and verify your cloud connection is live.

Your task

Click the <b class="text-orange-400">MotherDuck required</b> button above to connect. Once connected, verify your cloud connection is live by listing all databases attached to your session.

Hint

Use SHOW DATABASES to list all databases attached to your MotherDuck session

Expected result

A list of databases attached to your session, including dbquacks_cloud_expedition

Tables

lake_visits (500 rows)

columntype
visit_idBIGINT
duck_idBIGINT
destination_pondVARCHAR
visit_dateDATE
purposeVARCHAR

pondville_events (50 rows)

columntype
event_idBIGINT
event_nameVARCHAR
event_dateDATE
organizer_idBIGINT
locationVARCHAR
attendee_countBIGINT

pondville_residents (100 rows)

columntype
duck_idBIGINT
nameVARCHAR
speciesVARCHAR
home_pondVARCHAR
ageBIGINT
occupationVARCHAR
joined_dateDATE

Database: https://dbquacks.com/data/databases/motherduck_tutorial.duckdb

This page as markdown: https://dbquacks.com/motherduck/1.md

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