[SPARK-36243] pyspark catalog.tableExists doesn't work for temporary views

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.2
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0
• Component/s: PySpark
• Assignee: Dominik Gehl
• Reporter: Dominik Gehl
• Created: 21/Jul/21 09:50
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 18:10
• Resolved: 22/Jul/21 09:12

Description

Documentation in Catalog.scala for tableExists specifies

• Check if the table or view with the specified name exists. This can either be a temporary
• view or a table/view.

The pyspark version doesn't work correctly for temporary views

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #33461 (dominikgehl)