Copies a table as of a given version through CREATE TABLE ... CLONE. Deep is the default and duplicates data plus metadata; shallow copies the metadata alone and keeps referencing the original files.
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Terms in this definition
- Event
Table in Log Analytics where entries from Windows event logs are kept.
- CRUD
Shorthand for create, read, update and delete, the four basic things you do with data. Data-plane roles in Azure Cosmos DB, for instance, authorise those operations on items.
- Metadata
Describes data rather than being the data itself, for instance how a file is laid out or what rows each chunk contains, so tools can read things efficiently.
Related terms
- CTAS
CREATE TABLE AS SELECT builds and loads a table from a query in one statement, with the query deciding the schema. The source's table metadata is not carried over, which is where it differs from
CLONE. - GVFS protocol
Lets VFS for Git and Scalar work with enormous Azure Repos repositories by downloading objects on demand instead of all at clone time.
- New-AzWebApp
Cmdlet in Az.Websites for creating a web app. Supplying
-SourceWebAppmakes it a clone of an existing app.