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Anshula Jain edited comment on IMPALA-2210 at 2/3/25 7:23 PM:
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have performed a small test and the query works as requested in this Jira

Create a table called parqtab which store the data in parquet format.

 
{code:java}
create table parqtab(id int) stored as parquet;{code}

Insert some data in table -> parqtab
{code:java}
insert into parqtab values (1);
insert into parqtab values (2);
insert into parqtab values (3);
insert into parqtab values (4);{code}

When you describe the table, it shows that metadata file is storing data in 
parquet format
{code:java}
describe formatted parqtab;{code}
 

Now create a new table using any of the parquet file from table parqtab -> 
parqtab using LIKE PARQUET
{code:java}
create table parqtest LIKE PARQUET 
"/warehouse/tablespace/managed/hive/parqtab/delta_1_1/a046ba141b622e09-c334efd400000000_1861561213_data.0.parq"{code}
 

 

Now verify the schema of the table using describe formatted and it shows that 
metadata file are stored data in parquet format

 
{code:java}
describe formatted parqtest;{code}
 


was (Author: JIRAUSER302649):
have perfomed a small test

> Make Parquet the default file format
> ------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IMPALA-2210
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-2210
>             Project: IMPALA
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Frontend
>    Affects Versions: Impala 2.2.4
>            Reporter: John Russell
>            Priority: Blocker
>              Labels: incompatibility, newbie, usability
>
> I expect that by far the most common use case for CREATE TABLE LIKE PARQUET 
> is to make a table where the specified Parquet file will be queried.  That 
> is, either:
> CREATE TABLE foo LIKE PARQUET '/blah/blah/file.parq' STORED AS PARQUET;
> LOAD DATA INFILE '/blah/blah/file.parq' INTO TABLE foo;
> or
> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE foo LIKE PARQUET '/blah/blah/file.parq' STORED AS 
> PARQUET LOCATION '/blah/blah';
> I have difficulty imagining a case where someone would do CREATE TABLE LIKE 
> PARQUET and want the result to be a text table. Even if someone planned to 
> convert Parquet -> text, they would need to have a Parquet table to begin 
> with, in which case they would do CREATE TABLE text_table LIKE parquet_table, 
> not CREATE TABLE LIKE PARQUET.
> It is easy to leave off the STORED AS PARQUET clause by mistake from a CTLP 
> statement, because PARQUET already occurs earlier in the statement, resulting 
> in a text table that throws conversion errors when queried. How about making 
> Parquet the default format in this case, and requiring the STORED AS clause 
> only to use a different file format? (Then if Impala implemented  a CREATE 
> TABLE LIKE AVRO syntax, the default in that case would be Avro.)
> Since I guess this would qualify as an incompatible change, we would need to 
> think through the appropriate release vehicle.



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