corleyma commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2092076360
> More over, multiple different snapshots can also be committed between two
consecutive metadata json files.
In what situations would that occur? In my (possibly incorrec
syun64 commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2091529571
> * the path to the metadata json file for a given snapshot id.
> * I really wish this was a property of the Snapshot class; is that
possible or does this break correspondenc
gupteaj commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2067221356
Presto time travel reference -
https://prestodb.io/docs/0.286/connector/iceberg.html#time-travel-using-version-system-version-and-timestamp-system-time
Time travel for snapsho
kevinjqliu commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2062828600
> an api like Table.as_of(snapshot_id/timestamp) -> Snapshot would be useful
Yea, it's helpful in situations where we need to manipulate the Table state
and get back th
corleyma commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2062571021
Still, an api like `Table.as_of(snapshot_id/timestamp) -> Snapshot` would be
useful, even if reading requires then passing the correct arguments to
`Table.scan`. In general it
kevinjqliu commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2062244023
+1, I agree with you. Passing the snapshot-id should be an engine-specific
implementation detail. I was thinking about the Spark/Trino syntax of `AS OF
/ `.
I interpr
syun64 commented on issue #600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues/600#issuecomment-2053740059
I think this is a great discussion item @kevinjqliu - thank you for raising
this.
I'm a bit torn between whether we (PyIceberg) should be responsible for
creating separat
