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Liquid clustering with boolean columns

Karin
New Contributor II

Hi community ๐Ÿ‘‹

Is it possible to use boolean columns as cluster keys for liquid clustering on Delta Tables? 

I've been trying to set a boolean column as cluster key since it's one of my most common queries when reading from the table. I'm getting the error "DeltaAnalysisException: Liquid clustering requires clustering columns to have stats. Couldn't find clustering column *boolean_column_name* in stats schema" - which doesn't make sense since I've made sure to collect statistics on all columns (delta.dataSkippingNumIndexedCols = -1) and can see stats on the boolean columns as well. 

I came across this post by Miles Cole, saying that it's not possible to have boolean data types as clustering keys but it's not stated anywhere in the official documentation. 

Any input is appreciated! 

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jeroenvs
New Contributor III

Can confirm that boolean columns are note allowed for liquid clustering. This seems to be undocumented and the error message is not helpful: "couldn't find clustering column in stats schema"

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jeroenvs
New Contributor III

Can confirm that boolean columns are note allowed for liquid clustering. This seems to be undocumented and the error message is not helpful: "couldn't find clustering column in stats schema"

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