# 5. Tables : Managed

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\>>To create managed table in Apache Spark we have two possibilities :: 

a) First one is to save the content of a dataframe as a table and

b) the secind one is to create any empty table & then LOAD data into the table.

IMPORTANT : So whenever is create any Managed table in Spark Databricks . It automatically writes data to the below directory path :

       Spark SQL is intehrated with Hive Metastore.

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