adriangb commented on code in PR #15505: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/15505#discussion_r2021191846
########## docs/source/user-guide/cli/datasources.md: ########## @@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ additional configuration options. # `CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE` It is also possible to create a table backed by files or remote locations via -`CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE` as shown below. Note that wildcards (e.g. `*`) are also -supported +`CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE` as shown below. Note that DataFusion does not support wildcards (e.g. `*`) in file paths; instead, specify the directory path directly to read all compatible files in that directory. Review Comment: Can you add an example? I'd say "given this file structure with these files (including a hive parittion column) configure an extrenal table this way and if you run `select * from t1` you'll get back something like this <insert table of resutls> -- 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: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org