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Databricks Error Inquiry: org.apache.spark.SparkException: Unable to fetch tables of db default

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Hello. I am trying to run explorative Pyspark code within a Databricks ApacheSpark environs. I am pretty sure this syntax is correct, but the subject-referenced apache.spark error keeps throwing. Any insights, please?

 

databaseName = "database"
desiredColumn = "variable"
database = spark.sql(f"show tables in {databaseName} ").collect()
display(database)

 

tablenames = []
for row in database:
     cols = spark.table(row.tableName).columns
      listColumns= spark.table(row.tableName).columns

      if desiredColumn in listColumns:
           tablenames.append(row.tableName)

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Thank you so much!

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Master Collaborator

We verified the same in the CDP environment, as we are uncertain about the Databricks Spark environment. 

As we have mixed of managed and external tables , extracted the necessary information through HWC. 

>>> database=spark.sql("show tables in default").collect()
23/07/20 10:04:45 INFO rule.HWCSwitchRule: Registering Listeners
23/07/20 10:04:47 WARN conf.HiveConf: HiveConf of name hive.masking.algo does not exist
Hive Session ID = e6f70006-0c2e-4237-9a9e-e1d19901af54
>>> desiredColumn="name"
>>> tablenames = []
>>> for row in database:
...  cols = spark.table(row.tableName).columns
...  listColumns= spark.table(row.tableName).columns
...  if desiredColumn in listColumns:
...   tablenames.append(row.tableName)
...
>>>
>>> print("\n".join(tablenames))
movies
tv_series_abc
cdp1
tv_series
spark_array_string_example
>>>