Hi all, As discussed in SPARK-29900, Spark currently has two different relation resolution behaviors:
1. Look up temp view first, then table/persistent view 2. Look up table/persistent view The first behavior is used in SELECT, INSERT and a few commands that support temp views such as DESCRIBE TABLE, etc. The second behavior is used in most commands. Thus, it is hard to predict which relation resolution rule is being applied for a given command. I want to propose a consistent relation resolution behavior in which temp views are always looked up first before table/persistent view, as described more in detail in this doc: consistent relation resolution proposal <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hvLjGA8y_W_hhilpngXVub1Ebv8RsMap986nENCFnrg/edit?usp=sharing> . Note that this proposal is a breaking change, but the impact should be minimal since this applies only when there are temp views and tables with the same name. Any feedback will be appreciated. I also want to thank Wenchen Fan, Ryan Blue, Burak Yavuz, and Dongjoon Hyun for guidance and suggestion. Regards, Terry <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-29900>
