Iceberg updates Apache Iceberg 1.3 was released. Spark now supports the Iceberg UUID type as a string type, ensuring compatibility with tables created using Trino. Some additional noteworthy updates are mentioned below: Flink version 1.17 support was added Spark version 3.4 support was added Added support for Spark’s new TIMESTAMP_NTZ type using…

by Fokko Driesprong Tabular + dbt-spark dbt recently added Apache Iceberg support in their version 1.5 release. dbt is a popular framework for building and maintaining data pipelines. It is both a compiler and a runner: Compiler: dbt will compile the templated sql files based on the current state of the database. Runner…

by Matt Fuller and Ryan Blue Iceberg, right ahead Today, we are excited to announce that the Tabular connector is generally available in Starburst Galaxy. Now, you can get all the benefits of using Trino and Iceberg to build your modern open data lake without worrying about the operational overhead. Background For the past…

Seemingly every day, more people across the business are using more data in more ways to deliver value. At the same time, regulations and consumer expectations around data privacy, governance and compliance are steadily increasing. This puts an organization’s data leaders in a very challenging position. …

Iceberg updates Flink: 1.17 support was added, 1.14 removed (Liwei Li) Iceberg Java 1.2.0 release is out (Jack Ye) Added View version and parser (Amogh) Improved bit density in object storage layout (Prashant) Add initial support for Spark 3.4 Apache Iceberg 1.2.1 was released on April 11th, 2023. The 1.2.1 release is…

by Jason Reid Motivation Seemingly every day, more people across the business are using more data in more ways to deliver value. At the same time, regulations and consumer expectations around data privacy, governance, and compliance are steadily increasing. This puts an organization’s data leaders in a very challenging position. …

We are thrilled to announce that Tabular is now an integrated catalog choice in Starburst Galaxy. You can now combine the power of Apache Iceberg and Trino with nothing more than a web browser and an email address. With this, you get flexible, resilient data infrastructure without having to manage…

Iceberg updates Apache Iceberg 1.2.0 was released on March 20th, 2023. The 1.2.0 release adds a variety of new features and bug fixes. Here is an overview: Core Added AES GCM encryption stream spec (#5432) Added support for Delta Lake to Iceberg table conversion (#6449, #6880) Added support for position_deletes metadata table…

by Shawn Gordon In this blog, we’ll show you how to take the first step in Tabular, creating a table and writing data to it. You can sign up for free if you don’t already have a tabular account. …