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RohitKulkarni
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External Table issue format in databricks

I am new to databricksI am trying to create a external table in databricks with below format :CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE Salesforce.Account( Id string ,  IsDeleted bigint,  Name string ,  Type string ,  RecordTypeId string ,  ParentId string ,  ShippingSt...

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AmitA1
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Databricks is awesome if you have SQL knowledge....I just came across one of my problem in my project and databricks helped me a lot....like a use of low watermark to hold the load success date .....​

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jt
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collapse partial code in large cell?

In databricks notebook, we have SQL cells that are over 700 lines long. Is there a way to collapse a portion of the code vs scrolling? Looking for something similar to what exists in Netezza, "--region" and "--end region" where anything between those...

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Anonymous
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Hi @james t​ 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!

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KrishZ
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How to print the path of a .py file or a notebook?

I have stored a test.py in the dbfs at the below location "/dbfs/FileStore/shared_uploads/krishna@company.com/Project_Folder/test.py"I have a print statement in test.py which says the belowprint( os.getcwd() )and it prints the below'/databricks/drive...

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Aviral-Bhardwaj
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Hey @Krishna Zanwar​  Please use the below code this will work and as you want the specific location you can create a custom code and format the path using a python formatter , it will give you desired result .

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cmilligan
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Resolved! org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException: What does this mean and how can we resolve it.

My team has run into getting this error pretty frequently on one of our larger jobs. I've set out retry policy to 5 and that seems to fix it and keep the job going. It seems like it's unable to pick up the task immediately but can after it's complete...

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Aviral-Bhardwaj
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Hey @Coleman Milligan​ ,I also faced this type of issue many times you can add the below configuration in your cluster and it should work.spark.executor.heartbeatInterval 60sspark.network.timeout 120sFor more details, you can explore this doc - https...

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auser85
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cannot convert Parquet type INT64 to Photon type double

I am trying to read in files via the COPY INTO command but I am getting this error lately for a certain subset of the data;`Error while reading file: Schema conversion error: cannot convert Parquet type INT64 to Photon type double`These are my option...

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Aviral-Bhardwaj
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hey @Andrew Fogarty​ I also faced the same issue when I moved from the 7.3 LTS version to a higher runtime version so to mitigate this issue you can use the below cluster configuration spark.sql.storeAssignmentPolicy LEGACYspark.sql.parquet.binaryAsS...

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Anonymous
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Resolved! Safari problems after the maintenance on 12/9/2022

I'm experience some problems on Safari 15.3 ( MacOS )I would like to know if I am alone in this and how to fix ( if I can ) this.This is the Databricks SQLData science and Engineering. ( is this case Workflows).

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The problem is fixed, anything works as usual.

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ossinova
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Jobs failing with repl error

Recently my Databricks jobs have failed with the error message:Failure starting repl. Try detaching and re-attaching the notebook.   java.lang.Exception: Python repl did not start in 30 seconds seconds. at com.databricks.backend.daemon.driver.Ipyker...

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Ajay-Pandey
Databricks MVP
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Yes, you can use re-try if still it's not resolve raise a support ticket to databricks

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User16826992666
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Can I query my Delta tables with PowerBI?

I would like to connect to the Delta tables I have created with PowerBI to use for reporting. Is it possible to do this with Databricks or do I have to write my data to some other serving layer?

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gbrueckl
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if you want to read your Delta Lake table directly from the storage without the need of having a Databricks cluster up and running you can also use the official connector Power BI connector for Delta Lake https://github.com/delta-io/connectors/tree/m...

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KVNARK
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Resolved! Trigger another .py file by uisng 2 .py files.

Hi,I have 3 .py files - a.py, b.py & c.py files. By joining a.py & b.py, based on the output that I get need to trigger the c.py file.

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Ajay-Pandey
Databricks MVP
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Hi @KVNARK .​ refer below link this will help in thisLink

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dulu
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Is there a function similar to split_part, json_extract_scalar?

I am using spark_sql version 3.2.1. Is there a function that can replacesplit_part,json_extract_scalarare not?

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Ankush
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pyspark.sql.functions.get_json_object(col, path)[source]Extracts json object from a json string based on json path specified, and returns json string of the extracted json object. It will return null if the input json string is invalid.​

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Rey
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Hi Nadia, Avail Free Exam Vouchers

Hi Nadia,I am preparing for multiple databricks certifications. Could you please provide me any events links to my email address "databrickscertificates.2022.23@gmail.com" so that I can register to the event and avail any FREE vouchers for exams.

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Nadia1
Databricks Employee
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Hello Rey, There are currently no events running that are offering free vouchers. We are offering 75% vouchers. Please check out our events page for future events: https://www.databricks.com/learn/training/homeThank you!

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