imback82 commented on a change in pull request #30881:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/30881#discussion_r549906401



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File path: 
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolveSessionCatalog.scala
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@@ -235,8 +236,17 @@ class ResolveSessionCatalog(
     case DescribeRelation(ResolvedV1TableOrViewIdentifier(ident), 
partitionSpec, isExtended) =>
       DescribeTableCommand(ident.asTableIdentifier, partitionSpec, isExtended)
 
-    case DescribeColumn(ResolvedV1TableOrViewIdentifier(ident), colNameParts, 
isExtended) =>
-      DescribeColumnCommand(ident.asTableIdentifier, colNameParts, isExtended)
+    case DescribeColumn(ResolvedV1TableOrViewIdentifier(ident), column, 
isExtended) =>
+      column match {
+        case u: UnresolvedAttribute =>
+          // For views, the column will not be resolved by `ResolveReferences` 
because
+          // `ResolvedView` stores only the identifier.
+          DescribeColumnCommand(ident.asTableIdentifier, u.nameParts, 
isExtended)
+        case a: Attribute =>
+          DescribeColumnCommand(ident.asTableIdentifier, a.qualifier :+ 
a.name, isExtended)
+        case nested =>
+          throw 
QueryCompilationErrors.commandNotSupportNestedColumnError("DESC TABLE COLUMN")

Review comment:
       That seems to work pretty well. Thanks!




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