Josh Rosen created SPARK-9323:
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             Summary: DataFrame does not properly resolve nested fields
                 Key: SPARK-9323
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-9323
             Project: Spark
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: SQL
            Reporter: Josh Rosen
            Priority: Critical


The following two queries should be equivalent, but the second crashes:

{code}
    """{"a": {"b": 1, "a": {"a": 1}}, "c": [{"d": 1}]}""" :: Nil))
  .registerTempTable("nestedOrder")
   checkAnswer(sql("SELECT a.b FROM nestedOrder ORDER BY a.b"), Row(1))
   checkAnswer(sql("select * from nestedOrder").select("a.b").orderBy("a.b"), 
Row(1))
{code}

Here's the stacktrace:

{code}
Cannot resolve column name "a.b" among (b);
org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: Cannot resolve column name "a.b" among 
(b);
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:159)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$resolve$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:159)
        at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.resolve(DataFrame.scala:158)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.col(DataFrame.scala:651)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.apply(DataFrame.scala:640)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$sort$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:593)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame$$anonfun$sort$1.apply(DataFrame.scala:593)
        at 
scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244)
        at 
scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244)
        at 
scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray$class.foreach(ResizableArray.scala:59)
        at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer.foreach(ArrayBuffer.scala:47)
        at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:244)
        at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:105)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.sort(DataFrame.scala:593)
        at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame.orderBy(DataFrame.scala:624)
        at 
org.apache.spark.sql.SQLQuerySuite$$anonfun$96.apply$mcV$sp(SQLQuerySuite.scala:1389)
{code}

Per [~marmbrus], the problem may be that {{DataFrame.resolve}} calls 
{{resolveQuoted}}, causing the nested field to be treated as a single field 
named {{a.b}}.



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