syun64 commented on code in PR #350: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/350#discussion_r1475054618
########## pyiceberg/table/__init__.py: ########## @@ -946,10 +946,13 @@ def append(self, df: pa.Table) -> None: if len(self.sort_order().fields) > 0: raise ValueError("Cannot write to tables with a sort-order") - data_files = _dataframe_to_data_files(self, df=df) merge = _MergingSnapshotProducer(operation=Operation.APPEND, table=self) - for data_file in data_files: - merge.append_data_file(data_file) + + # skip writing data files if the dataframe is empty Review Comment: Yeah interestingly that's the current behavior with spark: where df is empty ``` df.writeTo("iceberg.test.empty").append() rows = spark.sql( f""" SELECT operation, summary FROM iceberg.test.empty.snapshots ORDER BY committed_at ASC """ ).collect() rows [Row(operation='append', summary={'spark.app.id': 'spark-application-1706807907810', 'changed-partition-count': '0', 'total-equality-deletes': '0', 'total-position-deletes': '0', 'total-delete-files': '0', 'total-files-size': '0', 'total-records': '0', 'total-data-files': '0'})] ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org