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Abbe
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Update data type of a column within a table that has a GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY-column

I want to cast the data type of a column "X" in a table "A" where column "ID" is defined as GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY. Databricks refer to overwrite to achieve this: https://docs.databricks.com/delta/update-schema.htmlThe following operation:(spar...

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RajuBolla
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Update is not working but delete is when i changed to DEFAULT property AnalysisException: UPDATE on IDENTITY column "XXXX_ID" is not supported.

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AJK1
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Identity Column Issues

Hello.I'm experiencing what I'm believe are pretty severe (current) shortcomings regarding Identity columns in Databricks.I'm defining a SQL table using spark SQL - the table creates as exepcted; I've tried using both column definitions for this iden...

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Neli
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How to add Current date as one of the column in Databricks

I am trying to create new column "Ingest_date" in table which should contain current date. I am getting error "Current date cannot be used in a generated column". Can you please review and suggest alternative to get the current date in delta table.

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daniel_sahal
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A generation expression can use any SQL functions in Spark that always return the same result when given the same argument valuesSource: https://docs.delta.io/latest/delta-batch.html#use-generated-columnsIt means that it's intended to not work.You ca...

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