cloud-fan commented on a change in pull request #28833:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/28833#discussion_r448201936
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File path:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/CatalogV2Util.scala
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@@ -346,4 +346,23 @@ private[sql] object CatalogV2Util {
}
}
}
+
+ def failNullType(dt: DataType): Unit = {
+ def containsNullType(dt: DataType): Boolean = dt match {
+ case ArrayType(et, _) => containsNullType(et)
+ case MapType(kt, vt, _) => containsNullType(kt) || containsNullType(vt)
+ case StructType(fields) => fields.exists(f =>
containsNullType(f.dataType))
+ case _ => dt.isInstanceOf[NullType]
+ }
+ if (containsNullType(dt)) {
+ throw new AnalysisException(
+ "Cannot create tables with VOID type.")
Review comment:
AFAIK some databases use UNKNOWN to represent the null type. Maybe
UNKNOWN is better as it's not a data type so we don't need to document it.
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