Snowflake — Overview of Data Loading

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Official Snowflake documentation overview of all data loading methods: COPY INTO bulk loading (PUT + COPY), Snowpipe micro-batch continuous loading (serverless), and Snowpipe Streaming (sub-minute row-level ingestion). Covers staging locations (S3, GCS, Azure, internal stages), INFER_SCHEMA schema detection, and DML error logging for fault-tolerant loads.