cloud-fan commented on a change in pull request #30586:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/30586#discussion_r536046399



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File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/CharVarcharUtils.scala
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@@ -52,6 +54,15 @@ object CharVarcharUtils {
     dt.existsRecursively(f => f.isInstanceOf[CharType] || 
f.isInstanceOf[VarcharType])
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Validate the given [[DataType]] to fail if it is char or varchar types or 
contains nested ones
+   */
+  def failIfHasCharVarchar(dt: DataType): Unit = {
+    if (hasCharVarchar(dt)) {
+      throw new AnalysisException(s"char/varchar type can only be used in the 
table schema")

Review comment:
       can we add a legacy config to avoid errors?




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