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[jira] [Commented] (SPARK-23007) Add schema evolution test suite for file-based data sources

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-23007?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16318883#comment-16318883 ] 

Dongjoon Hyun commented on SPARK-23007:
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I hope this should be in Apache Spark 2.3.0 since this is only test suites.

> Add schema evolution test suite for file-based data sources
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SPARK-23007
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-23007
>             Project: Spark
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SQL, Tests
>    Affects Versions: 2.2.1
>            Reporter: Dongjoon Hyun
>
> A schema can evolve in several ways and the followings are already supported in file-based data sources.
>    1. Add a column
>    2. Remove a column
>    3. Change a column position
>    4. Change a column type
> This issue aims to guarantee users a backward-compatible schema evolution coverage on file-based data sources and to prevent future regressions by *adding schema evolution test suites explicitly*.
> Here, we consider safe evolution without data loss. For example, data type evolution should be from small types to larger types like `int`-to-`long`, not vice versa.
> As of today, in the master branch, file-based data sources have schema evolution coverages like the followings.
> || File Format || Coverage     || Note                                                   ||
> | TEXT         | N/A          | Schema consists of a single string column.             |
> | CSV          | 1, 2, 4      |                                                        |
> | JSON         | 1, 2, 3, 4   |                                                        |
> | ORC          | 1, 2, 3, 4   | Native vectorized ORC reader has the widest coverage.  |
> | PARQUET      | 1, 2, 3      |                                                        |



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