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jwilliam
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BilalAslamDbrx
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Great question! There are similarities and differences:SimilaritiesPhoton is enabled on bothYou have Databricks Runtime on bothDifferencesDatabricks Runtime (DBR) version is managed and auto-upgraded in Databricks SQL. Because SQL is a narrower workl...

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Resolved! Should I enable Photon on my SQL Endpoint?

I see the option to enable Photon when creating a new SQL Endpoint. The description says that enabling it helps speed up up queries, which sounds good, but are there any downsides I need to be aware of?

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Ryan_Chynoweth
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Generally, yes you should enable photon. The majority of functionality is available and will perform extremely well. There are some limitations with it that can be found here. Limitations: Works on Delta and Parquet tables only for both read and writ...

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