gruuya opened a new issue, #840: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-rust/issues/840
Currently when using the `TableProviderFactory` mechanism from DataFusion one needs to specify the full exact path to the metadata _file_ as the location, e.g. ```sql create external table inventory stored as iceberg location 's3://iceberg/public/inventory/metadata/00001-97ea515a-2d2f-465d-8c74-8daec5ab0023.metadata.json ``` I think it would be nice if `IcebergTableProviderFactory` also supported being pointed to a metadata _directory_ as well ```sql create external table inventory stored as iceberg location 's3://iceberg/public/inventory/metadata ``` This would then imply listing and parsing the **latest** metadata file in that directory (e.g. from `V` in filenames like `<V>-<random-uuid>.metadata.json` and maybe the legacy `v<V>.metadata.json`), as that is likely the overwhelming use case, and using that to build the table. That would improve the flexibility and ergonomics of the integration (e.g. by making quick prototyping much simpler). -- 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.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
