rdblue commented on a change in pull request #887: Define file and position based deletion file in spec URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-iceberg/pull/887#discussion_r403166671
########## File path: site/docs/spec.md ########## @@ -333,6 +333,25 @@ Table metadata is stored as JSON. Each table metadata change creates a new table The atomic operation used to commit metadata depends on how tables are tracked and is not standardized by this spec. See the sections below for examples. +### Delete Format + +This section details how to encode row-level deletes in Iceberg metadata. Row-level deletes are not supported in the current format version 1. This part of the spec is not yet complete and will be completed as format version 2. + +#### Position-based Delete Files + +Position-based delete files identify rows in one or more data files that have been deleted. It has the schema named "position_based_delete_file" with a struct of the following fields: Review comment: Let's rephrase the second sentence so that it matches the ones above: > Position-based delete files store `file_position_delete`, a struct with the following fields: ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
