[jira] [Resolved] (SPARK-17833) 'monotonicallyIncreasingId()' should be deterministic

["Sean Owen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-17833?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Sean Owen resolved SPARK-17833.
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    Resolution: Duplicate

> 'monotonicallyIncreasingId()' should be deterministic
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>                 Key: SPARK-17833
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-17833
>             Project: Spark
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SQL
>            Reporter: Kevin Ushey
>            Priority: Critical
>
> Right now, it's (IMHO) too easy to shoot yourself in the foot using 'monotonicallyIncreasingId()', as it's easy to expect the generated numbers to function as a 'stable' primary key, for example, and then go on to use that key in e.g. 'joins' and so on.
> Is there any reason why this function can't be made deterministic? Or, could a deterministic analogue of this function be added (e.g. 'withPrimaryKey(columnName = ...)')?
> A solution is to immediately cache / persist the table after calling 'monotonicallyIncreasingId()'; it's also possible that the documentation should spell that out loud and clear.



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