[SPARK-38121] Use SparkSession instead of SQLContext inside PySpark

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0
• Component/s: PySpark, SQL
• Assignee: Hyukjin Kwon
• Reporter: Hyukjin Kwon
• Created: 07/Feb/22 05:02
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 18:10
• Resolved: 15/Feb/22 00:43

Description

We use SQLContext within PySpark. We should remove such usage away to properly respect SparkSession and runtime configuration, etc.

Should also expose df.sparkSession

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #35410 (HyukjinKwon)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #35517 (HyukjinKwon)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #35517 (HyukjinKwon)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #35575 (HyukjinKwon)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #35575 (HyukjinKwon)