kevinjqliu commented on issue #1037: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/1037#issuecomment-2282826341
I think generally the columns are strongly typed and won't allow a Union type. https://py.iceberg.apache.org/reference/pyiceberg/types/ Here's the spec's description of data types; data type must be either primitives or nested types https://iceberg.apache.org/spec/#schemas-and-data-types It looks like for primitive types, there are `string` and `binary` types which can be the on-disk representation. You would need to cast in the query layer, like how you described above -- 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
