[SPARK-12139] REGEX Column Specification for Hive Queries

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: jane
• Reporter: Derek Sabry
• Created: 03/Dec/15 23:03
• Updated: 18/May/21 06:07
• Resolved: 15/Jan/18 16:19

Description

When executing a query of the form

Select `(a)?+.+` from A,

Hive would interpret this query as a regular expression, which can be supported in the hive parser for spark

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: SPARK-13849 REGEX Column Specification
• is related to: SPARK-13849 REGEX Column Specification
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #10137 (dereksabryfb)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #18023 (janewangfb)