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Herman van Hovell updated SPARK-15230:
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    Description: 
When working with a dataframe columns with .'s in them must be backquoted (``) 
or the column name will not be found. This works for most dataframe methods, 
but I discovered that it does not work for describe().

Suppose you have a dataFrame, testDf, with a DoubleType column named 
{{pos.NoZero}}.  This statememt:
{noformat}
testDf.select(new Column("`pos.NoZero`")).distinct().collect().mkString(", ")
{noformat}
will fail with this error:
{noformat}
org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: Cannot resolve column name "pos.NoZero" 
among (pos.NoZero);

        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:152)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:152)
        at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:121)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.resolve(DataFrame.scala:151)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1$$anonfun$40.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1$$anonfun$40.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
        at 
scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:245)
        at 
scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:245)
        at 
scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:33)
        at scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray.foreach(WrappedArray.scala:35)
        at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:245)
        at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:104)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:1328)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.org$apache$spark$sql$DataFrame$$withPlan(DataFrame.scala:2165)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1328)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1348)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1319)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.distinct(DataFrame.scala:1612)
        at 
com.mineset.spark.vizagg.selection.SelectionExpressionSuite$$anonfun$40.apply$mcV$sp(SelectionExpressionSuite.scala:317)
{noformat}


  was:
When working with a dataframe columns with .'s in them must be backquoted (``) 
or the column name will not be found. This works for most dataframe methods, 
but I discovered that it does not work for describe().

Suppose you have a dataFrame, testDf, with a DoubleType column named 
"pos.NoZero".  This statememt:
{noformat}
testDf.select(new Column("`pos.NoZero`")).distinct().collect().mkString(", ")
{noformat}
will fail with this error:
{noformat}
org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: Cannot resolve column name "pos.NoZero" 
among (pos.NoZero);

        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:152)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:152)
        at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:121)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.resolve(DataFrame.scala:151)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1$$anonfun$40.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1$$anonfun$40.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
        at 
scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:245)
        at 
scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:245)
        at 
scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:33)
        at scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray.foreach(WrappedArray.scala:35)
        at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:245)
        at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:104)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:1328)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.org$apache$spark$sql$DataFrame$$withPlan(DataFrame.scala:2165)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1328)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1348)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1319)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.distinct(DataFrame.scala:1612)
        at 
com.mineset.spark.vizagg.selection.SelectionExpressionSuite$$anonfun$40.apply$mcV$sp(SelectionExpressionSuite.scala:317)
{noformat}



> Back quoted column with dot in it fails when running distinct on dataframe
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SPARK-15230
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-15230
>             Project: Spark
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Examples
>    Affects Versions: 1.6.0
>            Reporter: Barry Becker
>
> When working with a dataframe columns with .'s in them must be backquoted 
> (``) or the column name will not be found. This works for most dataframe 
> methods, but I discovered that it does not work for describe().
> Suppose you have a dataFrame, testDf, with a DoubleType column named 
> {{pos.NoZero}}.  This statememt:
> {noformat}
> testDf.select(new Column("`pos.NoZero`")).distinct().collect().mkString(", ")
> {noformat}
> will fail with this error:
> {noformat}
> org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: Cannot resolve column name 
> "pos.NoZero" among (pos.NoZero);
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:152)
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:152)
>       at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:121)
>       at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.resolve(DataFrame.scala:151)
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1$$anonfun$40.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1$$anonfun$40.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
>       at 
> scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:245)
>       at 
> scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:245)
>       at 
> scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:33)
>       at scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray.foreach(WrappedArray.scala:35)
>       at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:245)
>       at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:104)
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:1329)
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$dropDuplicates$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:1328)
>       at 
> org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.org$apache$spark$sql$DataFrame$$withPlan(DataFrame.scala:2165)
>       at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1328)
>       at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1348)
>       at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.dropDuplicates(DataFrame.scala:1319)
>       at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.distinct(DataFrame.scala:1612)
>       at 
> com.mineset.spark.vizagg.selection.SelectionExpressionSuite$$anonfun$40.apply$mcV$sp(SelectionExpressionSuite.scala:317)
> {noformat}



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