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Apache Spark commented on SPARK-5605: ------------------------------------- User 'rxin' has created a pull request for this issue: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/4376 > Allow using String to specify colum name in DSL aggregate functions > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SPARK-5605 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-5605 > Project: Spark > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: SQL > Reporter: Reynold Xin > Assignee: Reynold Xin > > Since it is unlikely users need to call aggregate functions on a literal > string, we might as well simplify the dsl to also support calling aggregate > functions on a column by name. > e.g. > sum("colName") > instead of > sum($"colName") or sum(col("colName")) -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org