def refresh(self, name, database=None):
        """
        Reload HDFS block location metadata for a table, for example after
        ingesting data as part of an ETL pipeline. Related to INVALIDATE
        METADATA. See Impala documentation for more.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : string
          Table name. Can be fully qualified (with database)
        database : string, optional
        """
        # TODO(wesm): can this statement be cancelled?
        stmt = self._table_command('REFRESH', name, database=database)
        self._execute(stmt)
def refresh ( self , name , database = None ) : stmt = self . _table_command ( 'REFRESH' , name , database = database ) self . _execute ( stmt )
Reload HDFS block location metadata for a table, for example after
        ingesting data as part of an ETL pipeline. Related to INVALIDATE
        METADATA. See Impala documentation for more.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : string
          Table name. Can be fully qualified (with database)
        database : string, optional