HyukjinKwon commented on a change in pull request #33461:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/33461#discussion_r674457379
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File path: python/pyspark/sql/catalog.py
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@@ -180,15 +180,37 @@ def tableExists(self, tableName, dbName=None):
Examples
--------
+
+ This function can check if a table is defined or not:
+
>>> spark.catalog.tableExists("unexisting_table")
False
>>> df = spark.sql("CREATE TABLE tab1 (name STRING, age INT) USING
parquet")
>>> spark.catalog.tableExists("tab1")
True
>>> df = spark.sql("DROP TABLE tab1")
+ >>> spark.catalog.tableExists("unexisting_table")
+ False
+
+ It also works for views:
+
+ >>> spark.catalog.tableExists("view1")
+ False
+ >>> df = spark.sql("CREATE VIEW view1 AS SELECT 1")
+ >>> spark.catalog.tableExists("view1")
+ True
+ >>> df = spark.sql("DROP VIEW view1")
+ >>> spark.catalog.tableExists("view1")
+ False
+
+ And also for temporary views:
Review comment:
```suggestion
And also for temporary views:
```
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