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Parquet

Parquet is columnar, compressed and fast for analytics.

Beginner 10 min read Lesson 3 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Write with COPY.
  • Partition large datasets.
  • Prefer Parquet over CSV.

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Parquet is columnar, compressed and fast for analytics.

  • Write with COPY.
  • Partition large datasets.
  • Prefer Parquet over CSV.
parquet.sqlSQL
COPY (SELECT * FROM lessons) TO 'lessons.parquet' (FORMAT PARQUET);
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