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Resolved! Error creating delta table over an existing delta schema

I created a delta table through a cluster over a dbfs location .Schema :create external table tmp_db.delta_data(delta_id int ,delta_name varchar(20) , delta_variation decimal(10,4) ,delta_incoming_timestamp timestamp,delta_date date generated always ...

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varchartype is only available as from spark 3.1 I think.https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datatypes.htmlThe link is for spark 3.2, and 3.1 also has varchartype. So can you check your spark version?Also if the table definition still exists...

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