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Specifies the action that occurs if destination table already exists.
The default value is WRITE_APPEND.
Each action is atomic and only occurs if BigQuery is able to complete
the job successfully. Creation, truncation and append actions occur as one
atomic update upon job completion.
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Creation, truncation and append actions occur as one\natomic update upon job completion."]]
