A Data Engineer executes a complex query and wants to make use of Snowflake s...

Snowflake’s query results caching capabilities allow users to reuse the results of previously executed queries without re-executing them. For this to happen, the following conditions must be met:

The results must be reused within 24 hours (not 72 hours), which is the default time-to-live (TTL) for cached results.

The query must be executed using any virtual warehouse (not necessarily the same one), as long as it is in the same region and account as the original query.

The USED_CACHED_RESULT parameter does not need to be included in the query, as it is enabled by default at the account level. However, it can be disabled or overridden at the session or statement level.

The table structure contributing to the query result cannot have changed, such as adding or dropping columns, changing data types, or altering constraints.

The new query must have the same syntax as the previously executed query, including whitespace and case sensitivity.

The micro-partitions cannot have changed due to changes to other data in the table, such as inserting, updating, deleting, or merging rows.