Optimize create table from external iceberg/ delta/ parquet files

[zhousun]

What feature are you requesting?

Create a columnstore table by shallow copying the files without duplicating or rewriting them.

Why are you requesting this feature?

Allow using extenal engine to ingest large volume of data to a columnstore table without going through postgres..

What is your proposed implementation for this feature?

No response

[ritwizsinha]

@zhousun please assign. I am not exactly sure where the processing is happening for copying data from a large external store. Is it not the createTable function?