[Task]: Polish Beam SQL user experience

[ahmedabu98]

What needs to happen?

We have added two critical pieces to Beam SQL: Catalog and CatalogManager (#35223), but some features are still missing:

• Support DDL for DATABASEs (create, use, drop) [Beam SQL] Support DATABASE concept in Beam SQL, with implementation for Iceberg #35641
• If a user has set a DATABASE, they should be able to read an existing table without having to run a redundant CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE... Implement a hierarchy for Beam SQL Calcite Schemas #35787
• We should infer the table name from the reference, instead of requiring an explicit LOCATION property Implement a hierarchy for Beam SQL Calcite Schemas #35787
• Support SHOW statements [SQL] add SHOW command #36509
• Support ALTER TABLE, CATALOG [SQL] Alter Catalog and Table statements #36571
• Add Iceberg CDC table

For reference, Flink and Spark syntax

Issue Priority

Priority: 2 (default / most normal work should be filed as P2)

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