[GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue commented on issue #751: Add an option to decide whether to delete data files in Catalog.dropTable()
rdblue commented on issue #751: Add an option to decide whether to delete data files in Catalog.dropTable() URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-iceberg/issues/751#issuecomment-585359978 I think that keeping both data and metadata is the correct behavior. That way, drop removes a reference to the table, but the table itself is still readable should you wish to recover it. If Iceberg were to drop metadata, then it would be extremely difficult to actually use the data files that are left if you wanted to recover the table. 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: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org
[GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue commented on issue #751: Add an option to decide whether to delete data files in Catalog.dropTable()
rdblue commented on issue #751: Add an option to decide whether to delete data files in Catalog.dropTable() URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-iceberg/issues/751#issuecomment-581184344 I think you're saying you want a purge option that deletes metadata, but not data? I'm very reluctant to add cases like this to the API. We want to keep the API small, and I think this may be specific to your use case. What about doing this in the application that creates the staging tables instead? You'd set purge=false when dropping the table and then clean up the metadata using your own code. Would that work? 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: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org
