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Many a times there is a need to convert Delta tables from Delta format to plain parquet format for a number of reasons, what is the best way to do that?
You can easily convert a Delta table back to a Parquet table using the following steps:
If you have performed Delta Lake operations that can change the data files (for example, delete or merge, run vacuum with retention of 0 hours to delete all data files that do not belong to the latest version of the table.
Delete the _delta_log directory in the table directory.
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