[I] Allow creating external tables with directories that don't exist [arrow-datafusion]

["alamb (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>]

alamb opened a new issue, #8277:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/8277

   ### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
   
   Right now, it is not possible to create an empty external table to write
   
   ```sql
   ❯ create external table foo stored as parquet location '/tmp/foo';
   IO error: No such file or directory (os error 2)
   ```
   
   
   
   ### Describe the solution you'd like
   
   I would like to be able to create a new external table with a directory that doesn't exist and then have datafusion create the directory on first write 
   
   ```
   create external table foo(x int) stored as parquet location '/tmp/foo/';
   insert into foo values (1);
   ```
   
   And then have a file written into `/tmp/foo/name.parquet` 
   
   ### Describe alternatives you've considered
   
   _No response_
   
   ### Additional context
   
   _No response_


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Re: [I] Allow creating external tables with directories that don't exist [arrow-datafusion]

["tustvold (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>]

tustvold closed issue #8277: Allow creating external tables with directories that don't exist
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/8277


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