kadolor commented on code in PR #110:
URL: https://github.com/apache/sedona-db/pull/110#discussion_r2361696491


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docs/working-with-parquet-files.md:
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+# Working with Parquet Files
+
+To read a GeoPaquet or Parquet file, you must use the dedicated 
`sd.read_parquet()` method. You cannot query a file path directly within the 
`sd.sql()` `FROM` clause.
+
+The `sd.sql()` function is designed to query tables that have already been 
registered in the session.
+
+## Install SedonaDB
+
+Use pip to install SedonaDB from the Python Package Index (PyPI).
+
+
+```python
+%pip install "apache-sedona[db]"
+```

Review Comment:
   I'll turn this into a note but in case someone finds this page before 
looking at the install page I think it's important to call that out. 



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+# Working with Parquet Files
+
+To read a GeoPaquet or Parquet file, you must use the dedicated 
`sd.read_parquet()` method. You cannot query a file path directly within the 
`sd.sql()` `FROM` clause.
+
+The `sd.sql()` function is designed to query tables that have already been 
registered in the session.
+
+## Install SedonaDB
+
+Use pip to install SedonaDB from the Python Package Index (PyPI).
+
+
+```python
+%pip install "apache-sedona[db]"
+```
+
+## Implementation
+
+To read a geoparquet or parquet file with SedonaDB, you must:
+
+1. **Load** the Parquet file into a data frame using `sd.read_parquet()`.
+2. **Register** the data frame as a view with `to_view()`.
+3. **Query** the view using `sd.sql()`.
+4. **Write** to a Parquet file with `sd.to_parquet()`.
+
+
+```python
+# Import the sedona.db module and connect to SedonaDB
+import sedona.db
+sd = sedona.db.connect()
+```
+
+
+```python
+
+# 1. Load the Parquet file
+df = sd.read_parquet(
+    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geoarrow/geoarrow-data/v0.2.0/'
+    'natural-earth/files/natural-earth_cities_geo.parquet'
+)
+
+# 2. Register the data frame as a view
+df.to_view("zone")
+
+# 3. Query the view and store the result in a new DataFrame
+query_result_df = sd.sql("SELECT * FROM zone LIMIT 10")
+query_result_df.show()
+```
+
+
+```python
+
+# 4. Write the result to a new Parquet file
+output_path = "query_results.parquet"
+query_result_df.to_parquet(output_path)
+
+# (Optional) Verify the written file
+print(f"\nVerifying the written file at '{output_path}'...")
+verified_df = sd.read_parquet(output_path)
+verified_df.show(5)

Review Comment:
   @paleolimbot I think Jia wanted to emphasize that writing to parquet files 
is also possible.
   



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