xiaoyong-z opened a new issue, #4913: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/4913
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] (This section helps Arrow developers understand the context and *why* for this feature, in addition to the *what*) Currently, dafausion support 'create external table xxx stored as xxx location FILE and select * from FILE, to know the columns/types in a file, users has to create an external table, and describe the table. Also, sometimes the infer type is wrong, to make it right, user need to drop the table, and recreate a table with the specify schema. DuckDB supports using the following sql to get the infer type from a parquet file DESCRIBE SELECT * FROM 'test.parquet'; **Describe the solution you'd like** A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. Add support for DESCRIBE 'test.parquet' in datafusion; **Describe alternatives you've considered** A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. **Additional context** Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
