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PeterDaniels
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Forbidden error using saveAsTable

I have a dataframe. Trying to simply saveAsTable (delta). I get a strange Forbidden error. I am admin in the workspace and I'm the one that created the lakehouse. I've tried just using a table name, using lakehouse name dot table name, and using dbo in the middle. Baffled. 

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Yeah. I think the solution for now is to not use schema enabled lakehouses. Hopefully that feature will get more robust as it heads towards GA 

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PontusPersson
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I have the same issue, and I know this has worked before. It stopped working yesterday (about 16-17 hours before this post was when I noticed it). Reading tables (e.g. spark.read.table("lakehouse.schema.table") does not work, but reading using path (e.g. spark.read.format("delta").load("Tables/schema/table")) does work. And same for writing. Receiving 403 forbidden error. Only happens on schema enabled lakehouse.

Anonymous
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Hi @PeterDaniels ,

 

Thank you for your reply from frithjof_v .

 

I was able to reproduce your error with the preview schema feature enabled, and the error occurs seemingly because of an architecture mismatch.

vhuijieymsft_0-1724373778761.png

 

Using the statement “SaveAsTable” works fine, you can try it:

 

df = spark.read.format(“csv”).option(“header”, “false”).load( “Files/2019.csv")

# Create a new table
df.write.format(“delta”).saveAsTable(“test2”)

 

vhuijieymsft_1-1724373778765.png

 

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

 

Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team

 

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If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

frithjof_v
Super User
Super User

Schema enabled Lakehouse?

 

Same issue here, it seems: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Data-Engineering/Error-when-writing-data-into-schema-enabl...

 

A possible solution was proposed.

 

Anyway, schema enabled Lakehouses have big limitations at the moment. It's a preview feature still.

Yeah. I think the solution for now is to not use schema enabled lakehouses. Hopefully that feature will get more robust as it heads towards GA 

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