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    <title>topic Target database.table1 must be delta table in Data Engineering</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I created a table1 with some data. Then I truncated it to load new dataset.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When I do &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;select * from table&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;. I get row count 0.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;But when I am trying to copy into using following command. I get error saying target table must be delta table:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;COPY INTO databse.tabl1   FROM '/mnt/blob/path/tday'  &lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;FILEFORMAT = CSV &lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;  --PATTERN = 'folder1/file_[a-g].csv'
  FORMAT_OPTIONS('header' = 'true')&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I can also see the table in SHOW TABLES.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Please tell me if I am missing anything??&lt;/P&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>AkankshaGupta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-07-29T16:19:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Target database.table1 must be delta table</title>
      <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/target-database-table1-must-be-delta-table/m-p/17123#M11173</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I created a table1 with some data. Then I truncated it to load new dataset.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When I do &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;select * from table&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;. I get row count 0.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;But when I am trying to copy into using following command. I get error saying target table must be delta table:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;COPY INTO databse.tabl1   FROM '/mnt/blob/path/tday'  &lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;FILEFORMAT = CSV &lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;  --PATTERN = 'folder1/file_[a-g].csv'
  FORMAT_OPTIONS('header' = 'true')&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I can also see the table in SHOW TABLES.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Please tell me if I am missing anything??&lt;/P&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/target-database-table1-must-be-delta-table/m-p/17123#M11173</guid>
      <dc:creator>AkankshaGupta</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-07-29T16:19:53Z</dc:date>
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