Databricks SQL introduces two powerful new INSERT commands: INSERT REPLACE ON for conditional record replacement and INSERT REPLACE USING for complete partition overwrites. These Delta-native features eliminate complex workarounds while maintaining data integrity. Available in Databricks Runtime 16.3+ and 17.1+ respectively, these commands provide developers with precise control over data updates and partition management in modern data engineering workflows.

Databricks Runtime 17.1's new geospatial support makes it easy to join geographical data using geography and geometry datatypes. This blog shows you how to map delivery zones, calculate distances, and optimize routes using spatial functions.

CI/CD pipelines can pass all jobs yet still deploy broken functionality. This blog covers smoke testing, regression testing, and critical validation strategies: especially useful for data projects where data quality is as important as code quality.

Recursive CTEs in SQL: queries that can reference themselves to solve complex problems iteratively. From generating sequences to traversing network graphs and hierarchical data, learn how to eliminate manual looping with SQL solutions.

Discover how Databricks' 9 major announcements at Summit 2025 are democratizing AI with Agent Bricks, Lakebase, free edition, and more game-changing innovations.

Josue Brogan interviews Databrick’s Product Owner Franco Patano to discuss Databricks current state and future.