Preface

It is a new era in the design of data platform systems. Disparate data lakes and data warehouses are giving way to a new type of data platform system – the lakehouse. It promises to unify all data analytics into a single platform. Databricks, with its Databricks SQL product suite, is the hottest lakehouse platform out there. It harnesses the power of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake™, and other innovations that enable data warehousing capabilities on the lakehouse with data lake economics.

This book is a comprehensive hands-on guide that lets you explore all the advanced features, use cases, and technology components of Databricks SQL. You will start with the fundamentals of the lakehouse architecture and how Databricks SQL fits into it. Next, ...

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