https://www.infoq.com InfoQ SQL feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/ducklake-sql-catalog/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=SQL <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/ducklake-sql-catalog/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1776423164012.jpg"/><p>DuckDB Labs recently released DuckLake 1.0, a data lake format that stores table metadata in a SQL database rather than across many files in object storage. The first implementation is available as a DuckDB extension and includes catalog-stored small updates, improved sorting and partitioning options, and compatibility with Iceberg-style data features.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i> SQL Data Storage duckdb Data Lake Data Catalog Apache Iceberg Data Partitioning Architecture & Design AI, ML & Data Engineering news Sat, 02 May 2026 06:48:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/ducklake-sql-catalog/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=SQL Renato Losio 2026-05-02T06:48:00Z /news/2026/05/ducklake-sql-catalog/en