#deltalake-questions
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Edmondo Porcu
07/25/2023, 9:00 PMIs there a way in Python to rename a column of a delta lake table without rewriting it all?
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rtyler
07/25/2023, 9:47 PMWhen you're asking "in Python" are you referring to from PySpark, or from the
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Edmondo Porcu
07/25/2023, 10:45 PMI can do both
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Matthew Powers
07/26/2023, 12:48 PM@Edmondo Porcu - yep, this is possible if you enable column mapping mode, see this blog post for more info: https://delta.io/blog/2022-08-29-delta-lake-drop-column/
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Edmondo Porcu
07/31/2023, 12:58 AM@Matthew Powers what if the table is not registered in a catalog?
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Matthew Powers
07/31/2023, 7:47 PMThe same ALTER TABLE statement should work