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What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of ch...

fshimamoto — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:59:26 GMT

What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of changes in the schema?

Re: What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of ch...

User16753725469 — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:30:50 GMT

Hi @Fernando Martin if your table is incremental you need to reset the schema manually for complete tables it happens automatically.

Re: What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of ch...

jose_gonzalez — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:56:31 GMT

Hi @Fernando Martin,

If you are reading files (JSON, CSV, TXT, etc) then you can use Autoloader. Autoloader will handled your schema changes. The following docs might be able to help https://docs.databricks.com/data-engineering/delta-live-tables/delta-live-tables-incremental-data.html

Re: What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of ch...

Vartika — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:28:51 GMT

Hey there @Fernando Martin

Hope all is well!

Just wanted to check in if you were able to resolve your issue and would you be happy to share the solution or mark an answer as best? Else please let us know if you need more help.

We'd love to hear from you.

Thanks!