Github user Sssan520 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/carbondata/pull/2656#discussion_r212604083
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/core/metadata/schema/table/CarbonTable.java
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@@ -1276,4 +1278,13 @@ public static boolean hasMVDataMap(CarbonTable
carbonTable) throws IOException {
}
return false;
}
+
+ /**
+ * if format is 'carbondata' or '' or null, return false
+ * else return true.
+ */
+ public boolean isExternalFormat() {
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fixed
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