Releasesby IbisThe following table types now support flexible column names by default: - Iceberg external tables and Iceberg...
GAyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 9, 2026
The following table types now support flexible column names by default: Iceberg external tables and Iceberg managed tables in BigQuery Apache Iceberg tables managed by the Lakehouse runtime catalog This feature is generally available (GA).
Topics: SQL, Governance, Apache Iceberg, Observability
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