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Why would I make a deep clone of a Delta table vs reading the table and writing a copy to a new location?

User16826992666
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โ€Ž06-25-2021 09:11 AM

It seems like with both techniques I would end up with a copy of my table. Trying to understand when I should be using a deep clone.

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brickster_2018
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โ€Ž06-25-2021 02:29 PM

A deep clone is recommended way as it holds the history of the table. Also, the DEEP clone is faster than the read-write approach.

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