[SPARK-40308][SQL] Allow non-foldable delimiter arguments to str_to_map function
#37763
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
Remove the check for foldable delimiter arguments from
StringToMap#checkInputDataTypes.Except for
checkInputDataTypes,StringToMapis already able to handle non-foldable delimiter arguments (no other changes are required).Why are the changes needed?
Hive 2.3.9 allows non-foldable delimiter arguments, e.g.:
This returns
However, Spark returns an error:
The use-case is more likely to be something like this:
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, users can now specify non-foldable delimiter arguments to
str_to_map.Literals are still accepted, so the change is backwardly compatible.
How was this patch tested?
New unit tests.