richardc-db commented on code in PR #46312:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/46312#discussion_r1586782740


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sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil.scala:
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@@ -84,9 +84,16 @@ object ResolveDefaultColumns extends QueryErrorsBase
     if (SQLConf.get.enableDefaultColumns) {
       val newFields: Seq[StructField] = tableSchema.fields.map { field =>
         if (field.metadata.contains(CURRENT_DEFAULT_COLUMN_METADATA_KEY)) {
-          val analyzed: Expression = analyze(field, statementType)
+          val defaultSql: String = if 
(field.dataType.isInstanceOf[VariantType]) {
+            // A variant's SQL/string representation is its JSON string which 
cannot be directly
+            // casted to a variant type. Thus, we lazily evaluate the default 
expression to avoid

Review Comment:
   hmm, I'm not sure if we have a literal presentation for the variant type 
(its a struct of two binary fields), which is why we have this problem. Similar 
to the year month time interval/calendar interval, for example, we always rely 
on `parse_json` (which can accept a json string) to create a literal variant.
   
   The variant's `toString` method essentially calls `toJson` which converts 
the encoded variant into a JSON string



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