[Spark] Add dataframe reader options to unblock non-additive schema changes #4126
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Description
Non-additive schema changes - DROP/RENAME and, since https://github.com/databricks-eng/runtime/pull/124363 , type changes - in streaming block the stream until the user sets a SQL conf to unblock them:
This change adds dataframe reader options as an alternative to SQL confs to unblock non-additive schema changes:
How was this patch tested?
Extended existing tests in
DeltaSourceMetadataEvolutionSupportSuite
to also cover dataframe reader options.This PR introduces the following user-facing changes
The error thrown on non-additive schema changes during streaming is updated to suggest dataframe reader options in addition to SQL confs to unblock the stream:
The user can use the available reader option to unblock a given type of non-additive schema change: