Github user gatorsmile commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16626#discussion_r99680029
--- Diff:
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ddl.scala ---
@@ -814,4 +816,50 @@ object DDLUtils {
}
}
}
+
+ /**
+ * ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMNS command does not support temporary view/table,
+ * view, or datasource table with text, orc formats or external provider.
+ */
+ def verifyAlterTableAddColumn(
+ catalog: SessionCatalog,
+ table: TableIdentifier): CatalogTable = {
+ if (catalog.isTemporaryTable(table)) {
+ throw new AnalysisException(
+ s"${table.toString} is a temporary VIEW, which does not support
ALTER ADD COLUMNS.")
+ }
+
+ val catalogTable = catalog.getTableMetadata(table)
+ if (catalogTable.tableType == CatalogTableType.VIEW) {
+ throw new AnalysisException(
+ s"${table.toString} is a VIEW, which does not support ALTER ADD
COLUMNS.")
+ }
+
+ if (isDatasourceTable(catalogTable)) {
+ catalogTable.provider.get match {
+ case provider if provider.toLowerCase == "text" =>
+ // TextFileFormat can not support adding column either because
text datasource table
+ // is resolved as a single-column table only.
+ throw new AnalysisException(
+ s"""${table.toString} is a text format datasource table,
+ |which does not support ALTER ADD COLUMNS.""".stripMargin)
+ case provider if provider.toLowerCase == "orc"
+ || provider.startsWith("org.apache.spark.sql.hive.orc") =>
--- End diff --
When we store the metadata in the catalog, we unify different
representations to `orc`, right? Can you find any case to break it?
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