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Flink FROM_CHANGELOG and TO_CHANGELOG functions generally available

GAVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Built-in changelog conversion functions read custom-format change data into queryable tables and turn updating tables back into append-only streams, with user-mapped operation codes and no UDFs required.

Topics: SQL, Streaming, Observability

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