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What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of ch...

fshimamoto
New Contributor III

What are the best practices for schema drift using Delta Live tables, in a scenario where the main source is a no sql database and we have a lot of changes in the schema?โ€‹

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User16753725469
Contributor II

Hi @Fernando Martinโ€‹ if your table is incremental you need to reset the schema manually for complete tables it happens automatically.

jose_gonzalez
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Hi @Fernando Martinโ€‹,

If you are reading files (JSON, CSV, TXT, etc) then you can use Autoloader. Autoloader will handled your schema changes. The following docs might be able to help https://docs.databricks.com/data-engineering/delta-live-tables/delta-live-tables-incremental-data.ht...

Vartika
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Hey there @Fernando Martinโ€‹ 

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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