YannByron commented on a change in pull request #4269:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/4269#discussion_r766402385
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+Spark-sql needs an explicit create table command.
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+- Table types:
+ Both types of hudi tables (CopyOnWrite (COW) and MergeOnRead (MOR)) can be
created using spark-sql.
+
+ While creating the table, table type can be specified using **type** option.
**type = 'cow'** represents COW table, while **type = 'mor'** represents MOR
table.
+
+- Partitioned & Non-Partitioned table:
+ Users can create a partitioned table or non-partitioned table in spark-sql.
+ To create a partitioned table, one needs to use **partitioned by** statement
to specify the partition columns to create a partitioned table.
+ When there is no **partitioned by** statement with create table command,
table is considered to be a non-partitioned table.
+
+- Managed & External table:
+ In general, spark-sql supports two kinds of tables, namely managed and
external.
+ If one specifies a location using **location** statement or use `create
external table` to create table explicitly, it is an external table, else its
considered a managed table.
+ You can read more about external vs managed tables
[here](https://sparkbyexamples.com/apache-hive/difference-between-hive-internal-tables-and-external-tables/).
+
+- Table with primary key:
+ Users can choose to create a table with primary key as required. Else table
is considered a non-primary keyed table.
Review comment:
i'll remove `Table with primary key` which is redundant with `notes`
below. And move notes here.
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