diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
index 2c73a80f64eb..96f5431f766c 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ class SqlParser extends StandardTokenParsers with PackratParsers {
     elem("decimal", _.isInstanceOf[lexical.FloatLit]) ^^ (_.chars)
 
   protected lazy val baseExpression: PackratParser[Expression] =
+    expression ~ "[" ~ expression ~ "]" ~ expression ^^ {
+      case base ~ _ ~ ordinal ~ _ ~ field => GetField(GetItem(base, ordinal), field.toString)
+    } |
     expression ~ "[" ~ expression <~ "]" ^^ {
       case base ~ _ ~ ordinal => GetItem(base, ordinal)
     } |
@@ -373,8 +376,13 @@ class SqlLexical(val keywords: Seq[String]) extends StdLexical {
   )
 
   override lazy val token: Parser[Token] = (
-    identChar ~ rep( identChar | digit ) ^^
-      { case first ~ rest => processIdent(first :: rest mkString "") }
+       identChar ~ rep( identChar | digit ) ^^
+      {
+        case first ~ rest => first match {
+          case '.' => StringLit(rest mkString "")
+          case _ => processIdent(first :: rest mkString "")
+        }
+      }
       | rep1(digit) ~ opt('.' ~> rep(digit)) ^^ {
       case i ~ None    => NumericLit(i mkString "")
       case i ~ Some(d) => FloatLit(i.mkString("") + "." + d.mkString(""))
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala
index c1154eb81c31..823e407bdde0 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala
@@ -101,3 +101,41 @@ case class GetField(child: Expression, fieldName: String) extends UnaryExpressio
 
   override def toString = s"$child.$fieldName"
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns an array containing the value of fieldName
+ * for each element in the input array of type struct
+ */
+case class GetArrayField(child: Expression, fieldName: String) extends UnaryExpression {
+  type EvaluatedType = Any
+
+  def dataType = field.dataType
+  override def nullable = child.nullable || field.nullable
+  override def foldable = child.foldable
+
+  protected def arrayType = child.dataType match {
+    case ArrayType(s: StructType, _) => s
+    case otherType => sys.error(s"GetArrayField is not valid on fields of type $otherType")
+  }
+
+  lazy val field = if (arrayType.isInstanceOf[StructType]) {
+    arrayType.fields
+      .find(_.name == fieldName)
+      .getOrElse(sys.error(s"No such field $fieldName in ${child.dataType}"))
+  } else null
+
+
+  lazy val ordinal = arrayType.fields.indexOf(field)
+
+  override lazy val resolved = childrenResolved && child.dataType.isInstanceOf[ArrayType]
+
+  override def eval(input: Row): Any = {
+    val value : Seq[Row] = child.eval(input).asInstanceOf[Seq[Row]]
+    val v = value.map{ t =>
+      if (t == null) null else t(ordinal)
+    }
+    v
+  }
+
+  override def toString = s"$child.$fieldName"
+}
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
index 278569f0cb14..d08c293e910d 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.errors.TreeNodeException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.QueryPlan
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.types.StructType
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.types.{ArrayType, StructType}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees
 
 abstract class LogicalPlan extends QueryPlan[LogicalPlan] {
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ abstract class LogicalPlan extends QueryPlan[LogicalPlan] {
         a.dataType match {
           case StructType(fields) =>
             Some(Alias(nestedFields.foldLeft(a: Expression)(GetField), nestedFields.last)())
+          case ArrayType(fields, _) => nestedFields.length match {
+            case 1 => Some(Alias(GetArrayField(a, nestedFields.head), nestedFields.last)())
+            case _ => None // can't resolve arrayOfStruct.field1._
+          }
           case _ => None // Don't know how to resolve these field references
         }
       case Seq() => None         // No matches.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala
index 58b1e23891a3..c6ca2c5e7cc1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala
@@ -292,24 +292,29 @@ class JsonSuite extends QueryTest {
       sql("select structWithArrayFields.field1[1], structWithArrayFields.field2[3] from jsonTable"),
       (5, null) :: Nil
     )
-  }
 
-  ignore("Complex field and type inferring (Ignored)") {
-    val jsonSchemaRDD = jsonRDD(complexFieldAndType)
-    jsonSchemaRDD.registerTempTable("jsonTable")
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("select arrayOfStruct.field1, arrayOfStruct.field2 from jsonTable"),
+      (Seq(true, false, null), Seq("str1", null, null)) :: Nil
+    )
 
-    // Right now, "field1" and "field2" are treated as aliases. We should fix it.
     checkAnswer(
       sql("select arrayOfStruct[0].field1, arrayOfStruct[0].field2 from jsonTable"),
       (true, "str1") :: Nil
     )
 
-    // Right now, the analyzer cannot resolve arrayOfStruct.field1 and arrayOfStruct.field2.
-    // Getting all values of a specific field from an array of structs.
+  }
+
+  ignore("Complex field and type inferring (Ignored)") {
+    val jsonSchemaRDD = jsonRDD(complexFieldAndType)
+    jsonSchemaRDD.registerTempTable("jsonTable")
+
+    // still need add filter??? I am not sure whether this function is necessary. quite complex
     checkAnswer(
-      sql("select arrayOfStruct.field1, arrayOfStruct.field2 from jsonTable"),
-      (Seq(true, false), Seq("str1", null)) :: Nil
+      sql("select arrayOfStruct.field1 from jsonTable where arrayOfStruct.field1 = true"),
+      (Seq(true)) :: Nil
     )
+
   }
 
   test("Type conflict in primitive field values") {