[SPARK-16452] basic INFORMATION_SCHEMA support

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: bulk-closed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 08/Jul/16 21:11
• Updated: 25/Jan/22 16:29
• Resolved: 25/May/21 01:39

Description

INFORMATION_SCHEMA is part of SQL92 support. This ticket proposes adding a few tables as defined in SQL92 standard to Spark SQL.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: SPARK-16201 Expose information schema
• is related to: SPARK-16459 Prevent dropping current database
• is related to: SPARK-16458 SessionCatalog should support `listColumns` for temporary tables
• is related to: SPARK-16492 Fill VIEW_DEFINITION column in INFORMATION_SCHEMA.views
• relates to: SPARK-10292 make metadata query-able by adding meta table
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #14116 (dongjoon-hyun)