These settings are available in system.settings and are autogenerated from source.
hdfs_create_new_file_on_insert
Enables or disables creating a new file on each insert in HDFS engine tables. If enabled, on each insert a new HDFS file will be created with the name, similar to this pattern:
initial: data.Parquet.gz -> data.1.Parquet.gz -> data.2.Parquet.gz, etc.
Possible values:
- 0 —
INSERT query appends new data to the end of the file.
- 1 —
INSERT query creates a new file.
hdfs_ignore_file_doesnt_exist
Ignore absence of file if it does not exist when reading certain keys.
Possible values:
- 1 —
SELECT returns empty result.
- 0 —
SELECT throws an exception.
hdfs_replication
The actual number of replications can be specified when the hdfs file is created.
hdfs_skip_empty_files
Enables or disables skipping empty files in HDFS engine tables.
Possible values:
- 0 —
SELECT throws an exception if empty file is not compatible with requested format.
- 1 —
SELECT returns empty result for empty file.
hdfs_throw_on_zero_files_match
Throw an error if matched zero files according to glob expansion rules.
Possible values:
- 1 —
SELECT throws an exception.
- 0 —
SELECT returns empty result.
hdfs_truncate_on_insert
Enables or disables truncation before an insert in hdfs engine tables. If disabled, an exception will be thrown on an attempt to insert if a file in HDFS already exists.
Possible values:
- 0 —
INSERT query appends new data to the end of the file.
- 1 —
INSERT query replaces existing content of the file with the new data.
Last modified on July 22, 2026