alamb opened a new issue, #17496: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/17496
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? This is a paper cut I encountered SQL has the ability to create a table even if it already exists using the `OR REPLACE` syntax. DataFusion does this today for normal tables ```sql > create table bar(x int); 0 row(s) fetched. Elapsed 0.009 seconds. > create or replace table bar(z int); 0 row(s) fetched. Elapsed 0.004 seconds. ``` However, it doesn't support the same syntax for `EXTERNAL` tables: ```sql > create or replace external table foo(x varchar, y int) stored as parquet location '/tmp/foo/'; This feature is not implemented: External tables not supported ``` ### Describe the solution you'd like I would like the syntax above to work ### Describe alternatives you've considered _No response_ ### Additional context _No response_ -- 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.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
