rdblue commented on code in PR #163: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-docs/pull/163#discussion_r979033581
########## landing-page/content/common/table.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +title: "Iceberg Tables" +url: concepts/table +disableSidebar: true +--- +<!-- + - Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + - contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + - this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + - The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + - (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + - the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + - + - http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + - + - Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + - distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + - WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + - See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + - limitations under the License. + --> + +# Iceberg Tables + +## Overview + +Tables are the central element in Iceberg. A table is a dataset with a common set of features (fields or columns) for each record (row). In addition to data files, tables contain a wealth of metadata information that enables many of Iceberg’s features such as schema evolution, fast query planning, snapshots for time travel, logical partitioning, and properties for optimizing table layout. Table properties are used to fine-tune each feature and allow you to control things such as the size when combining data input splits or the compression codec used when writing files. Review Comment: I think there are a few key things to cover for the overview: 1. Tables are SQL tables and should behave exactly the same in SQL systems -- including schema evolution 2. If you're not familiar, SQL tables are records (rows) with the same set of fields (columns) with specific reliable types 3. Iceberg tracks metadata for a table to enable various features. This is already well covered. -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
