snowflake.snowpark.DataFrameWriter.mode¶

DataFrameWriter.mode(save_mode: str) → DataFrameWriter[source] (https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowpark-python/blob/v1.16.0/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_writer.py#L59-L81)¶

Set the save mode of this DataFrameWriter.

Parameters:

save_mode –

One of the following strings.

”append”: Append data of this DataFrame to the existing table. Creates a table if it does not exist.

”overwrite”: Overwrite the existing table by dropping old table.

”truncate”: Overwrite the existing table by truncating old table.

”errorifexists”: Throw an exception if the table already exists.

”ignore”: Ignore this operation if the table already exists.

Default value is “errorifexists”.

Returns:

The DataFrameWriter itself.