Azure synapase Delta lake external table

Question

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/query-delta-lake-format

May I know if it support delta table time travel ..

like

select * from table timestamp as of.....

Answer 1

Hello @sakuraime ,

Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platfrom.

Azure Synapse Analytics is compatible with Linux Foundation Delta Lake. Delta Lake is an open-source storage layer that brings ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability) transactions to Apache Spark and big data workloads.

Key features of Delta Lake:

Limitation:

Serverless SQL pools do not support time travel queries. Use Apache Spark pools in Azure Synapse Analytics to read historical data.

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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