[SPARK-16341] [SQL] In regexp_replace function column and/or column expression should also allowed as replacement.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.3
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mukul Garg
• Created: 01/Jul/16 06:41
• Updated: 01/Jul/16 07:15
• Resolved: 01/Jul/16 07:15

Description

Currently, regexp_replace function only take string argument as replacement, but in Hive it also accept any column or column expression. It also works in Spark, but as a query. Need to create a overload of this function which also accept Column as replacement.