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UDF function while registering- PicklingError

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PicklingError: Could not serialize object: Exception: It appears that you are attempting to reference SparkContext from a broadcast variable, action, or transformation. SparkContext can only be used on the driver, not in code that it run on workers.

I am trying to write a function in Azure databricks. I would like to spark.sql inside the function. But it looks like I cannot use it with worker nodes.

  1. def SEL_ID(value, index):
  2. # some processing on value here
  3. ans = spark.sql("SELECT id FROM table WHERE bin = index")
  4. return ans
  5. spark.udf.register("SEL_ID", SEL_ID)

I am getting the following error:

PicklingError: Could not serialize object: Exception: It appears that you are attempting to reference SparkContext from a broadcast variable, action, or transformation. SparkContext can only be used on the driver, not in code that it run on workers. For more information, see SPARK-5063.

Is there any way I can overcome this? I am using the above function to select from another table.

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