[SPARK-45854] spark.catalog.listTables fails with ParseException after upgrading to Spark 3.4.1 from 3.3.1

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0, 3.4.1
• Component/s: PySpark, Spark Core, Spark Submit
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrej Zachar
• Created: 09/Nov/23 14:36
• Updated: 29/Nov/24 00:25

Description

After upgrading to Spark 3.4.1, the listTables() method in PySpark now throws a ParseException with the message "Syntax error at or near end of input.". This did not occur in previous versions of Spark, such as 3.3.1.

Install Spark version 3.4.1.
 
Run pyspark
```bash
pyspark --packages io.delta:delta-core_2.12:2.4.0 --conf "spark.sql.extensions=io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension" --conf "spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog=org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog"
```
 
Attempt to list tables using
```console
spark.range(1).createTempView("test_view")
spark.catalog.listTables()
```
Expected result: The listTables() method should return a list of tables without throwing any exceptions.

Actual result:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyspark/sql/catalog.py", line 302, in listTables
iter = self._jcatalog.listTables(dbName).toLocalIterator()
File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyspark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.9.7-src.zip/py4j/java_gateway.py", line 1322, in {}call{}
File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyspark/errors/exceptions/captured.py", line 175, in deco
raise converted from None
pyspark.errors.exceptions.captured.ParseException:
[PARSE_SYNTAX_ERROR] Syntax error at or near end of input.(line 1, pos 0)

== SQL ==

^^^

>>>

The same code worked correctly in Spark version 3.3.1.
No changes were made to the code aside from upgrading Spark.

Thank you for considering this issue! Any assistance in resolving it would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Andrej

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #47753