Github user cloud-fan commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16422#discussion_r94199552
  
    --- Diff: 
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala ---
    @@ -300,10 +300,21 @@ class SparkSqlAstBuilder(conf: SQLConf) extends 
AstBuilder {
        * Create a [[DescribeTableCommand]] logical plan.
        */
       override def visitDescribeTable(ctx: DescribeTableContext): LogicalPlan 
= withOrigin(ctx) {
    -    // Describe column are not supported yet. Return null and let the 
parser decide
    -    // what to do with this (create an exception or pass it on to a 
different system).
         if (ctx.describeColName != null) {
    -      null
    +      if (ctx.partitionSpec != null) {
    +        throw new ParseException("DESC TABLE COLUMN for a specific 
partition is not supported", ctx)
    +      } else {
    +        val columnName = ctx.describeColName.getText
    --- End diff --
    
    the parser rule for the column name here:
    ```
    describeColName
        : identifier ('.' (identifier | STRING))*
        ;
    ```
    can we just make it `identifier`? "a.b" should refer to a column named 
"a.b", or the inner field "b" from column "a"? let's check with other databases.


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