[SPARK-49392] Catch errors when failing to write to external data source

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Uroš Bojanić
• Reporter: Uroš Bojanić
• Created: 26/Aug/24 15:21
• Updated: 20/Sep/24 07:16
• Resolved: 13/Sep/24 17:05

Description

Catch non-fatal exceptions when trying to save the results of a query into a data source. For example, 

com.crealytics.spark.excel

 sometimes throws:

scala.MatchError

which is not very user-friendly.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #47873
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #48165