You can create a monotonically incrementing ID column on your table scala> val ll_18740868 = spark.table("accounts.ll_18740868") scala> val startval = 1 scala> val df = ll_18740868.withColumn("id", *monotonically_increasing_id()+* startval).show (2) +---------------+---------------+---------+-------------+----------------------+-----------+------------+-------+---+ |transactiondate|transactiontype| sortcode|accountnumber|transactiondescription|debitamount|creditamount|balance| id| +---------------+---------------+---------+-------------+----------------------+-----------+------------+-------+---+ | 2011-12-30| DEB|'30-64-72| 18740868| WWW.GFT.COM CD 4628 | 50.0| null| 304.89| 1| | 2011-12-30| DEB|'30-64-72| 18740868| TDA.CONFECC.D.FRE...| 19.01| null| 354.89| 2| +---------------+---------------+---------+-------------+----------------------+-----------+------------+-------+---+
Now you have a new ID column HTH Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction. On 4 September 2016 at 12:43, Kevin Tran <kevin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Please give me your opinions on what is the best ID Generator for ID field > in parquet ? > > UUID.randomUUID(); > AtomicReference<Long> currentTime = new AtomicReference<>(System. > currentTimeMillis()); > AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong(0); > .... > > Thanks, > Kevin. > > > ---- > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-8406 (Race condition when > writing Parquet files) > https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/6864/files >