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jwilliam
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Resolved! What is the difference between Databricks SQL vs Databricks cluster with Photon runtime?

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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @John William​, Just a friendly follow-up. Do you still need help or the above responses help you to find the solution? Please let us know.

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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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