linhongliu-db commented on a change in pull request #31286: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/31286#discussion_r565819800
########## File path: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala ########## @@ -1763,6 +1763,21 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager) def expandStarExpression(expr: Expression, child: LogicalPlan): Expression = { expr.transformUp { case f1: UnresolvedFunction if containsStar(f1.arguments) => + // SPECIAL CASE: We want to block count(table.*) because in spark, count(table.*) will + // be expanded while count(*) will be converted to count(1). They will produce different + // results and confuse users if there is any null values. For count(t1.*, t2.*), it is Review comment: Thanks @maropu for reviewing. `select count(t.*, t.*) from values (1, null) t(a, b)` will output 0. I'm fine with blocking `count(t1.*, t2.*)` as well but since in spark, we are allowing other similar cases that other databases don't support (and not follow ANSI), it's not harmful to keep `count(t1.*, t2.*)` as one more case. After all, introducing unnecessary behavior change (blocking `count(t1.*, t2.*)`) doesn't benefit users. The similar usages: count(col_a, col_b) - count multiple columns is not supported by pgsql, oracel. MySQL only support with distinct count(struct_col.*) - expand columns in struct data type is not supported by the mentioned databases. ########## File path: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala ########## @@ -1763,6 +1763,21 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager) def expandStarExpression(expr: Expression, child: LogicalPlan): Expression = { expr.transformUp { case f1: UnresolvedFunction if containsStar(f1.arguments) => + // SPECIAL CASE: We want to block count(table.*) because in spark, count(table.*) will + // be expanded while count(*) will be converted to count(1). They will produce different + // results and confuse users if there is any null values. For count(t1.*, t2.*), it is Review comment: Thanks @maropu for reviewing. `select count(t.*, t.*) from values (1, null) t(a, b)` will output 0. I'm fine with blocking `count(t1.*, t2.*)` as well but since in spark, we are allowing other similar cases that other databases don't support (and not follow ANSI), it's not harmful to keep `count(t1.*, t2.*)` as one more case. After all, introducing unnecessary behavior change (blocking `count(t1.*, t2.*)`) doesn't benefit users. The similar usages: `count(col_a, col_b)` - count multiple columns is not supported by pgsql, oracel. MySQL only support with distinct `count(struct_col.*)` - expand columns in struct data type is not supported by the mentioned databases. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org