@JAHNAVI 

Thanks for the clarification.

Just to make sure I’m understanding this correctly for new table creation:
If a Delta table is created on DBR 15.4 with the compression property explicitly set, for example:

CREATE TABLE my_table (
...
)
USING DELTA
TBLPROPERTIES ('delta.compression.codec' = 'zstd');

Will the initial data files written during table creation use Zstd because of the table property, or does the DBR 15.4 runtime default (Snappy) still apply at creation time?
I’m specifically asking about the codec used for the data files created as part of the initial table creation.

Thanks again for your help.