hidataplus commented on PR #13497: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13497#issuecomment-3111656516
> @hidataplus: Could you please describe what is the difference when Spark3.5 drops a table? What is the parametrization of the `dropTable(TableIdentifier, boolean)` method when it is called from Spark? Is the difference caused by the `purge` flag is set to `false` when Spark is used? > > A few general observation: > > * We should not introduce behavioral change. Even if we provide a configuration to revert back to the previous behavior. If we decide to introduce a flag like `delete-table-rootdir`, then it should default to `false` to preserve the pervious behavior. > * Don't introduce so many `INFO` level logs. A single `INFO` on a delete, and few `DEBUG` level logs might be ok, but we don't want to introduce this many new log lines. @pvary when create a iceberg table using hive catalog in Hive4, if you drop table case 1: in hive4 beeline, it will drop table metadata in hivemetastore, it will also delete the table store path (the table root hdfs directory); case 2: in spark 3.5 , it will drop table metadata in hivemetastore, it will delete the table refer files ( recored in icebert meta.json), but it will not delete the directory (the table root path and under the path), it will make confusing. we found in the iceberg code, it's logic when drop table metastore , it call method : client.dropTable( database, identifier.name(), false /* do not delete data */, deleteData, so it will not drop table data through metastore, and it will delte datafiles using iceberg meta info. it diffent with hive4. and 1. delete-table-rootdir set to false default; 2. remove INFO level logs. -- 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