[SPARK-51119][SQL][FOLLOW-UP] Add fallback to ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil existenceDefaultValues

sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil.scala

@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkThrowable, SparkUnsupportedOperationException}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, SparkThrowable, SparkUnsupportedOperationException}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.{Logging, MDC}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.LogKeys._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{InternalRow, SQLConfHelper}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogDatabase, InMemoryCatalog, SessionCatalog}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Literal => ExprLiteral}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.{ConstantFolding, Optimizer}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.{CatalystSqlParser, ParseException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
@@ -340,12 +341,43 @@ object ResolveDefaultColumns extends QueryErrorsBase
       throw QueryCompilationErrors.defaultValuesMayNotContainSubQueryExpressions(
         "", field.name, defaultSQL)
     }
-    if (!expr.resolved) {
-      throw QueryCompilationErrors.defaultValuesUnresolvedExprError(
-        "", field.name, defaultSQL, null)
+
+    val resolvedExpr = expr match {
+      case _: ExprLiteral | _: Cast => expr
+      case _ =>
+        fallbackResolveExistenceDefaultValue(field, defaultSQL)
     }
 
-    coerceDefaultValue(expr, field.dataType, "", field.name, defaultSQL)
+    coerceDefaultValue(resolvedExpr, field.dataType, "", field.name, defaultSQL)
+  }
+
+  // In most cases, column existsDefault should already be persisted as resolved
+  // and constant-folded literal sql, but because they are fetched from external catalog,
+  // it is possible that this assumption does not hold, so we fallback to full analysis
+  // if we encounter an unresolved existsDefault
+  private def fallbackResolveExistenceDefaultValue(
+      field: StructField,
+      defaultSQL: String): Expression = {
+    logWarning(log"Encountered unresolved exists default value: " +
+      log"'${MDC(COLUMN_DEFAULT_VALUE, defaultSQL)}' " +
+      log"for column ${MDC(COLUMN_NAME, field.name)} " +
+      log"with ${MDC(COLUMN_DATA_TYPE_SOURCE, field.dataType)}, " +
+      log"falling back to full analysis.")
+
+    field.getExistenceDefaultValue().map { text: String =>
+      val expr = analyze(field, "", EXISTS_DEFAULT_COLUMN_METADATA_KEY)
+      val literal = expr match {
+        case _: ExprLiteral | _: Cast => expr
+        case _ => throw SparkException.internalError(s"parse existence default as literal err," +
+          s" field name: ${field.name}, value: $text")
+      }
+      // sanity check
+      if (!literal.resolved) {
+        throw QueryCompilationErrors.defaultValuesUnresolvedExprError(
+          "", field.name, defaultSQL, null)
+      }
+      literal
+    }.orNull
   }
 
   /**

sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/StructTypeSuite.scala

@@ -831,4 +831,22 @@ class StructTypeSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper {
     validateConvertedDefaults("c4", VariantType, "parse_json(null)", "CAST(NULL AS VARIANT)")
 
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-51119: Add fallback to process unresolved EXISTS_DEFAULT") {
+    val source = StructType(
+      Array(
+      StructField("c1", VariantType, true,
+        new MetadataBuilder()
+          .putString(ResolveDefaultColumns.EXISTS_DEFAULT_COLUMN_METADATA_KEY, "parse_json(null)")
+          .putString(ResolveDefaultColumns.CURRENT_DEFAULT_COLUMN_METADATA_KEY, "parse_json(null)")
+          .build()),
+      StructField("c0", StringType, true,
+        new MetadataBuilder()
+          .putString(ResolveDefaultColumns.EXISTS_DEFAULT_COLUMN_METADATA_KEY, "current_catalog()")
+          .putString(ResolveDefaultColumns.CURRENT_DEFAULT_COLUMN_METADATA_KEY, "current_catalog()")
+          .build())))
+    val res = ResolveDefaultColumns.existenceDefaultValues(source)
+    assert(res(0) == null)
+    assert(res(1) == "spark_catalog")
+  }
 }