HyukjinKwon commented on code in PR #45699:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/45699#discussion_r1538564875


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python/pyspark/sql/connect/session.py:
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@@ -418,6 +426,28 @@ def createDataFrame(
             # If no schema supplied by user then get the names of columns only
             if schema is None:
                 _cols = [str(x) if not isinstance(x, str) else x for x in 
data.columns]
+                infer_pandas_dict_as_map = (
+                    
str(self.conf.get("spark.sql.execution.pandas.inferPandasDictAsMap")).lower()
+                    == "true"
+                )
+                if infer_pandas_dict_as_map:
+                    fields = []
+                    pa_schema = pa.Schema.from_pandas(data)
+                    spark_type: Union[MapType, DataType]
+                    for field in pa_schema:
+                        field_type = field.type
+                        if isinstance(field_type, pa.StructType):
+                            if len(field_type) == 0:
+                                raise PySparkValueError(
+                                    error_class="CANNOT_INFER_EMPTY_SCHEMA",
+                                    message_parameters={},
+                                )
+                            arrow_type = field_type.field(0).type
+                            spark_type = MapType(StringType(), 
from_arrow_type(arrow_type))
+                        else:
+                            spark_type = from_arrow_type(field_type)

Review Comment:
   This gets a type from the first field. Is this the same when users 
explicitly specify the schema? e.g., what happen if the dictionary contains 
different types of values?



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