Github user xwu0226 commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16626#discussion_r106682149 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala --- @@ -450,6 +451,26 @@ abstract class SessionCatalogSuite extends PlanTest { } } + test("alter table add columns") { + withBasicCatalog { sessionCatalog => + sessionCatalog.createTable(newTable("t1", "default"), ignoreIfExists = false) + val oldTab = sessionCatalog.externalCatalog.getTable("default", "t1") + sessionCatalog.alterTableSchema(TableIdentifier("t1", Some("default")), + oldTab.schema.add("c3", IntegerType)) + val newTab = sessionCatalog.externalCatalog.getTable("default", "t1") + if (sessionCatalog.externalCatalog.isInstanceOf[InMemoryCatalog]) { + assert(newTab.schema.toString == oldTab.schema.add("c3", IntegerType).toString) --- End diff -- `StructField` returned from `CatalogTable` has metadata field that contains some hive related information, which the manually added schema field does not have. So directly comparing 2 `StructType` returns false. `toString` method of `StructField` does not include metadata field.. But I think this may not be a good way to test anyway.. I will modify this test case..
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