rdblue commented on issue #1170: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/1170#issuecomment-654392625
For partitioning, are you talking about DDL support or working with tables? When reading a table, the engine works with only the table columns. When writing, the engine needs to partition data into files correctly, but that configuration comes from Iceberg and it is not exposed through SQL. The purpose is to maintain a separation between the logical data and the physical layout. The only limitation Flink should have is what it can express in DDL statements. If you support Hive-like syntax with `PARTITIONED BY`, then Flink would only support creating tables with identity partitions. But there is no need to actually restrict what tables it can write to. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
