Github user gatorsmile commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16528#discussion_r95431635
--- Diff:
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/Catalog.scala ---
@@ -187,82 +189,169 @@ abstract class Catalog {
def functionExists(dbName: String, functionName: String): Boolean
/**
- * :: Experimental ::
- * Creates an external table from the given path and returns the
corresponding DataFrame.
+ * Creates a table from the given path and returns the corresponding
DataFrame.
* It will use the default data source configured by
spark.sql.sources.default.
*
* @since 2.0.0
*/
+ @deprecated("use createTable instead.", "2.2.0")
+ def createExternalTable(tableName: String, path: String): DataFrame = {
+ createTable(tableName, path)
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * :: Experimental ::
+ * Creates a table from the given path and returns the corresponding
DataFrame.
--- End diff --
Maybe we can explain here to say the data files will not be dropped when
dropping the table?
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