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Support select .. FROM 'parquet.file' in datafusion-cli #4580

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@alamb

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.
I want to use datafusion-cli to quickly explore a parquet file with minimal typing

Today I first have to type a verbose CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE... command

❯ CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE all_types_tiny_pages STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION './parquet-testing/data/alltypes_tiny_pages.parquet';

❯ select * from all_types_tiny_pages limit 10;
+-----+----------+-------------+--------------+---------+------------+-----------+--------------------+-----------------+------------+-------------------------+------+-------+
| id  | bool_col | tinyint_col | smallint_col | int_col | bigint_col | float_col | double_col         | date_string_col | string_col | timestamp_col           | year | month |
+-----+----------+-------------+--------------+---------+------------+-----------+--------------------+-----------------+------------+-------------------------+------+-------+
| 122 | true     | 2           | 2            | 2       | 20         | 2.2       | 20.2               | 01/13/09        | 2          | 2009-01-13T01:02:05.410 | 2009 | 1     |
| 123 | false    | 3           | 3            | 3       | 30         | 3.3       | 30.299999999999997 | 01/13/09        | 3          | 2009-01-13T01:03:05.430 | 2009 | 1     |
| 124 | true     | 4           | 4            | 4       | 40         | 4.4       | 40.4               | 01/13/09        | 4          | 2009-01-13T01:04:05.460 | 2009 | 1     |
| 125 | false    | 5           | 5            | 5       | 50         | 5.5       | 50.5               | 01/13/09        | 5          | 2009-01-13T01:05:05.500 | 2009 | 1     |
| 126 | true     | 6           | 6            | 6       | 60         | 6.6       | 60.599999999999994 | 01/13/09        | 6          | 2009-01-13T01:06:05.550 | 2009 | 1     |
| 127 | false    | 7           | 7            | 7       | 70         | 7.7       | 70.7               | 01/13/09        | 7          | 2009-01-13T01:07:05.610 | 2009 | 1     |
| 128 | true     | 8           | 8            | 8       | 80         | 8.8       | 80.8               | 01/13/09        | 8          | 2009-01-13T01:08:05.680 | 2009 | 1     |
| 129 | false    | 9           | 9            | 9       | 90         | 9.9       | 90.89999999999999  | 01/13/09        | 9          | 2009-01-13T01:09:05.760 | 2009 | 1     |
| 130 | true     | 0           | 0            | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0                  | 01/14/09        | 0          | 2009-01-14T01:10:05.850 | 2009 | 1     |
| 131 | false    | 1           | 1            | 1       | 10         | 1.1       | 10.1               | 01/14/09        | 1          | 2009-01-14T01:11:05.850 | 2009 | 1     |
+-----+----------+-------------+--------------+---------+------------+-----------+--------------------+-----------------+------------+-------------------------+------+-------+
10 rows in set. Query took 0.039 seconds.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to be able to select "directly" from the parquet file in duckdb style

https://duckdb.org/docs/data/parquet.html

SELECT * FROM 'test.parquet';

Describe alternatives you've considered
We could also add the read_parquet UDF that duckdb (and I think clickhouse) support: #3773

I actually think it is fine to do both

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