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Does Delta format create a full copy of the data for each change I make to a table?

StephanieRivera
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-werners-
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the underlying data format is parquet. parquet is immutable so if one of the parquet files has to be changed, a new version of that file is created (and the old one is kept for a while). The transaction log keeps track on what file is the current one.

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Shasidhar_ES
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No it will just add/update/delete the changes in a transaction log for each write operation โ€‹

-werners-
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the underlying data format is parquet. parquet is immutable so if one of the parquet files has to be changed, a new version of that file is created (and the old one is kept for a while). The transaction log keeps track on what file is the current one.

jose_gonzalez
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Hi @Stephanie Riveraโ€‹,

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