Github user twdsilva commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/423#discussion_r245397674
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phoenix-spark/src/it/scala/org/apache/phoenix/spark/AbstractPhoenixSparkIT.scala
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@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class AbstractPhoenixSparkIT extends FunSuite with
Matchers with BeforeAndAfter
final val TenantId = "theTenant"
var conn: Connection = _
- var sc: SparkContext = _
+ var spark: SparkSession = _
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```SparkSession``` is the new unified entry point (see
https://databricks.com/blog/2016/08/15/how-to-use-sparksession-in-apache-spark-2-0.html)
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