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Christina

06/05/2023, 11:54 PM
Hey folks, are there guidelines on when we should be using managed vs external delta tables? my understanding is the the difference is when i drop a managed table i also purge the data (after 30 days by default). this is not true for external tables I also understand that
CREATE TABLE USING DELTA LOCATION …
creates external tables. Is there a way to create a managed delta table with an existing dataset?