[IMPALA-11877] Add support for DELETE statements for Iceberg tables

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Impala 4.3.0
• Component/s: Backend, Frontend
• Labels: docs-impacting impala-iceberg
• Target Version: Impala 4.3.0
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Zoltán Borók-Nagy
• Reporter: Zoltán Borók-Nagy
• Created: 30/Jan/23 11:14
• Updated: 19/Sep/23 16:48
• Resolved: 24/Jul/23 15:13

Description

Add support for DELETE statements for Iceberg tables.

We can do it based on the following design doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GuRiJ3jjqkwINsSCKYaWwcfXHzbMrsd3WEMDOB11Xqw/edit#heading=h.5bmfhbmb4qdk

Limitations:

• only support merge-on-read
• only write position delete files

Issue Links

• links to: Code Review