GitHub user lindblombr opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21847
[SPARK-24855][SQL][EXTERNAL][WIP]: Built-in AVRO support should support specified schema on write ## What changes were proposed in this pull request? Allows `avroSchema` option to be specified on write, allowing a user to specify a schema in cases where this is required. A trivial use case is reading in an avro dataset, making some small adjustment to a column or columns and writing out using the same schema. Implicit schema creation from SQL Struct results in a schema that while for the most part, is functionally similar, is not necessarily compatible. Allows `fixed` Field type to be utilized for records of specified `avroSchema` ## How was this patch tested? Unit tests in AvroSuite are extended to write out included sample datasets using new `avroSchema` option and verify readability of records. Ideally, tests should be added for each `Schema.Type` to ensure records are written with full fidelity. Please review http://spark.apache.org/contributing.html before opening a pull request. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/lindblombr/spark specify_schema_on_write Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21847.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #21847 ---- commit 30fc1ae98a2c29824b83e956c2cbe87e9bbb3749 Author: Brian Lindblom <blindblom@...> Date: 2018-07-21T20:43:26Z SPARK-24855: Built-in AVRO support should support specified schema on write ---- --- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org