[SPARK-45574] Add :: syntax as a shorthand for casting

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.5.1
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: pull-request-available release-notes
• Assignee: Ivan Mitic
• Reporter: Ivan Mitic
• Created: 17/Oct/23 14:19
• Updated: 22/Oct/23 06:24
• Resolved: 22/Oct/23 06:24

Description

Adds the `::` syntax as syntactic sugar for casting columns. This is a pretty common syntax across many Databases.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #43430