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ducklake_metadata
The ducklake_metadata table contains key/value pairs with information about the specific setup of the DuckLake catalog.
| Column name | Column type | |
|---|---|---|
key |
VARCHAR |
Not NULL |
value |
VARCHAR |
Not NULL |
keyis an arbitrary key string. See below for a list of pre-defined keys. The key can't beNULL.valueis the arbitrary value string.
Currently, the following keys are specified:
version: The DuckLake schema version, currently0.1.created_by: A string that identifies which program wrote the schema, e.g.,DuckDB v1.3.0data_path: The data path prefix for reading and writing data files, e.g.,s3://mybucket/myprefix/. This always ends in a/.encryption: A boolean (trueorfalse) that speficies whether data files are encrypted or not.