[SPARK-5324][SQL] Results of describe can't be queried

sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/ddl.scala

@@ -296,11 +296,14 @@ private[sql] case class ResolvedDataSource(provider: Class[_], relation: BaseRel
 private[sql] case class DescribeCommand(
     table: LogicalPlan,
     isExtended: Boolean) extends Command {
-  override def output = Seq(
+  override val output = Seq(
     // Column names are based on Hive.
-    AttributeReference("col_name", StringType, nullable = false)(),
-    AttributeReference("data_type", StringType, nullable = false)(),
-    AttributeReference("comment", StringType, nullable = false)())
+    AttributeReference("col_name", StringType, nullable = false, 
+      new MetadataBuilder().putString("comment", "name of the column").build())(),
+    AttributeReference("data_type", StringType, nullable = false, 
+      new MetadataBuilder().putString("comment", "data type of the column").build())(),
+    AttributeReference("comment", StringType, nullable = false, 
+      new MetadataBuilder().putString("comment", "comment of the column").build())())
 }
 
 private[sql] case class CreateTableUsing(

sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala

@@ -496,15 +496,14 @@ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Enhanced+Aggregation%2C+Cube%2C
                 // TODO: Actually, a user may mean tableName.columnName. Need to resolve this issue.
                 val tableIdent = extractTableIdent(nameParts.head)
                 DescribeCommand(
-                  UnresolvedRelation(tableIdent, None), extended.isDefined)
+                  UnresolvedRelation(tableIdent, None), isExtended = extended.isDefined)
               case Token(".", dbName :: tableName :: colName :: Nil) =>
                 // It is describing a column with the format like "describe db.table column".
                 NativePlaceholder
               case tableName =>
                 // It is describing a table with the format like "describe table".
                 DescribeCommand(
-                  UnresolvedRelation(Seq(tableName.getText), None),
-                  extended.isDefined)
+                  UnresolvedRelation(Seq(tableName.getText), None), isExtended = extended.isDefined)
             }
           }
           // All other cases.

sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveOperatorQueryableSuite.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.execution
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{Row, QueryTest}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHive._
+
+/**
+ * A set of tests that validates commands can also be queried by like a table
+ */
+class HiveOperatorQueryableSuite extends QueryTest {
+  test("SPARK-5324 query result of describe command") {
+    loadTestTable("src")
+
+    // register a describe command to be a temp table
+    sql("desc src").registerTempTable("mydesc")
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("desc mydesc"),
+      Seq(
+        Row("col_name", "string", "name of the column"),
+        Row("data_type", "string", "data type of the column"),
+        Row("comment", "string", "comment of the column")))
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("select * from mydesc"),
+      Seq(
+        Row("key", "int", null),
+        Row("value", "string", null)))
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("select col_name, data_type, comment from mydesc"),
+      Seq(
+        Row("key", "int", null),
+        Row("value", "string", null)))
+  }
+}

sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class HiveQuerySuite extends HiveComparisonTest with BeforeAndAfter {
     Locale.setDefault(originalLocale)
   }
 
-  test("SPARK-4908: concurent hive native commands") {
+  test("SPARK-4908: concurrent hive native commands") {
     (1 to 100).par.map { _ =>
       sql("USE default")
       sql("SHOW TABLES")