Github user hvanhovell commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/12872#discussion_r61953261 --- Diff: sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/views.scala --- @@ -71,27 +81,69 @@ case class CreateViewCommand( require(tableDesc.schema == Nil || tableDesc.schema.length == analyzedPlan.output.length) val sessionState = sparkSession.sessionState - if (sessionState.catalog.tableExists(tableIdentifier)) { + if (isTemporary) { + createTemporaryView(tableDesc.identifier, sparkSession, analyzedPlan) + } else { + // Adds default database for permanent table if it doesn't exist, so that tableExists() + // only check permanent tables. + val database = tableDesc.identifier.database.getOrElse( + sessionState.catalog.getCurrentDatabase) + val tableIdentifier = tableDesc.identifier.copy(database = Option(database)) + + if (sessionState.catalog.tableExists(tableIdentifier)) { + if (allowExisting) { --- End diff -- You can simplify the code here by ommiting this if clause and adding the explicit check `!allowExisting` to the else branch; this also makes is easier to follow the logic. Keep the comment though.
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