Azure Synapse - create external table with localtion as column?

Question

Hello All,

I would like to create external table with file location as column.
Lets say I have stored data per month and per year as folder in data lake.
How can I create "Create External Table" with part of file location as columns?
I am not referring open row set.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi @Ravi Naganathan ,

Thank you for posting query in Microsoft Q&A Platform.

We can use filepath() function to get file location. Click here to know about filepath() function.

Check below image for better understanding.

To know about CETAS(create external table as select) you can check below links

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-cetas
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIKHge51Z8

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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