[GitHub] [iceberg] pvary edited a comment on issue #2481: Allow snapshotting iceberg table (create new table based on certain Iceberg snapshot)

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pvary edited a comment on issue #2481:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/2481#issuecomment-847869277


   I also like the idea of branching / tagging  tables.
   
   > And I suppose Hive can support this easily as well then, if it's already able to parse metadata tables.
   
   AFAIK we do not have a way to expose table metadata ATM. I am still not sure what would be the best way to allow searching for snapshots etc.
   
   If I remember correctly then Expedia had a way to create specific Hive tables where the schema was the `SNAPSHOT_SCHEMA` and the content was the list of the snapshots, but that required the user to create a second table just to query the metadata. @massdosage might know more (but this could be a different topic)
   


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