CREATE OR ALTER is generally available for 24 object types

GAJul 14, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

CREATE OR ALTER is now generally available for 24 object types. CREATE OR ALTER creates an object if it doesn’t exist, or modifies an existing object to match the statement definition. It’s especially useful in declarative deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines where the same script must be safe to re-run.

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