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Gilg
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Adding column as StructType

Hi Team,Just wondering, how can I add a column to an existing table.I'd tried the below script but giving me an error:ParseException: [PARSE_SYNTAX_ERROR] Syntax error at or near '<'(line 1, pos 121)ALTER TABLE table_clone ADD COLUMNS col_name1 STRUC...

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sandeepmankikar
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To add a STRUCT column to an existing table, use the correct syntax without $ symbols, such as ALTER TABLE table_clone ADD COLUMNS (col_name1 STRUCT<type: STRING, values: ARRAY<STRING>>)

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AndriusVitkausk
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Reading multi-dimensional json files

So I've been having some issues reading a json file that's been provided to the business with another nesting layer, so instead of a json being an:'array of objects' -> [ {} ,{} ,{} ] It's an 'array of arrays of objects' -> [ [ {}, {} ,{} ], [ {} ,{}...

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ashish1
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You can use the explode function to flatten the array to rows, can you post a simple example of your data?

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