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how to read delta table from the path?

andrew0117
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an unmanaged delta table is dropped and the real data still there. Now I'm trying to rebuild it, but don't know the schema. So, I tried: val myTable = DeltaTable.forPath("myPath"). But how can I get the data or schema out from myTable?

Thanks!

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Hubert-Dudek
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SELECT * FROM `delta`./mypathtodeltafolder/;

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daniel_sahal
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@andrew liโ€‹ 

df = spark.read.format("delta").load("/file_path")
df.printSchema()

Hubert-Dudek
Esteemed Contributor III

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SELECT * FROM `delta`./mypathtodeltafolder/;

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