Starting November 18, 2026, Databricks will automatically add the variantShredding table feature to new tables that contain a column of the VARIANT type when they are created on Databricks Runtime…
Starting November 18, 2026, Databricks will automatically add the variantShredding table feature to new tables that contain a column of the VARIANT type when they are created on Databricks Runtime 17.3 or above. Variant shredding stores frequently accessed fields in a typed, columnar layout to improve query performance. This is a breaking change for Databricks Runtime 15.4: clusters running Databricks Runtime 15.4 can't read from or write to tables that have variant shredding enabled.
Variant shredding stores frequently accessed fields in a typed, columnar layout to improve query performance.
Starting November 18, 2026, Databricks will automatically add the variantShredding table feature to new tables that contain a column of the VARIANT type when they are created on Databricks Runtime 17.3 or above. Variant shredding stores frequently accessed…
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