Thank you Ramin In case there is no more feedback/objections I would start voting thread next week
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM Ramin Gharib <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sergey, > Thanks for driving this! This sounds good to me! +1 > > Cheers, > > Ramin > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM Sergey Nuyanzin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to start a discussion of FLIP-550 > > Add similar support for CREATE/ALTER operations for MATERIALIZED > > TABLEs as for TABLEs [1]. > > > > This FLIP is another step towards making tables and materialized > > tables more consistent. There was already one improvement in that > > direction like FLIP-542 [2] to add DISTRIBUTION and SHOW MATERIALIZED > > TABLES support. However there were several more things noticed > > comparing behavior for CREATE and ALTER operations. For instance right > > now for materialized tables it is impossible to set anything but table > > constraint while for tables (CREATE TABLE AS) it is possible to > > provide schema definition since FLIP-463 [3], also ALTER operations > > for TABLE is a way more mature than for MATERIALIZED TABLE. This FLIP > > is about to decrease the difference by enabling more similar features > > for materialized tables. > > > > Introducing schema definition support for materialized tables will > > provide users with greater control and flexibility and also will unify > > usage of tables and materialized tables. > > > > [1] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=387648095 > > > > [2] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-542%3A+Make+materialized+table+DDL+consistent+with+regular+tables > > > > [3] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-463%3A+Schema+Definition+in+CREATE+TABLE+AS+Statement > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Sergey > > -- Best regards, Sergey
