GENERATE

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Generates the given mode (specified as a string) in a Delta table.

Syntax

GENERATE mode FOR TABLE table_name

Parameters

• mode symlink_format_manifest: Generate manifest files for a Delta table. These manifest files can be used for reading Delta tables from Presto and Athena.

• table_name

  Identifies an existing Delta table. The name must not include a temporal specification or options specification.

See Generate a manifest file for details.