Performing upserts in a data lake using Amazon Athena and Apache Iceberg
by Michael Smith, Sarah Johnson, and David Brown
on 27 APR 2023
in Advanced (300), Amazon Athena, Analytics, Technical How-to
Amazon Athena now facilitates the MERGE command on Apache Iceberg tables, enabling users to execute inserts, updates, and deletes within their data lakes at scale through familiar SQL commands that adhere to ACID (Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable) principles. Apache Iceberg serves as an open table format designed for data lakes, efficiently managing extensive collections of files.
For further insights on data lake management, you can explore this other blog post here.
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