[SPARK-44313][SQL] Fix generated column expression validation when there is a char/varchar column in the schema #41868
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
#38823 added support for defining generated columns in create table statements. This included generation expression validation. This validation currently erroneously fails when there are char or varchar columns anywhere in the table schema since the checkAnalysis fails here https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/GeneratedColumn.scala#L123.
This PR replaces any char/varchar columns in the schema with a string before analysis.
Why are the changes needed?
This should not fail.
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
No.
How was this patch tested?
Adds a unit test.