fix.

sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/SourceOptions.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
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+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CaseInsensitiveMap
+
+/**
+ * Options for the Parquet data source.
+ */
+class SourceOptions(
+     @transient private val parameters: CaseInsensitiveMap[String])
+  extends Serializable {
+  import SourceOptions._
+
+  def this(parameters: Map[String, String]) = this(CaseInsensitiveMap(parameters))
+
+  // A flag to disable saving a data source table's metadata in hive compatible way.
+  val skipHiveMetadata: Boolean = parameters
+    .get(SKIP_HIVE_METADATA).map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(DEFAULT_SKIP_HIVE_METADATA)
+
+  // A flag to always respect the Spark schema restored from the table properties
+  val respectSparkSchema: Boolean = parameters
+    .get(RESPECT_SPARK_SCHEMA).map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(DEFAULT_RESPECT_SPARK_SCHEMA)
+}
+
+
+object SourceOptions {
+
+  val SKIP_HIVE_METADATA = "skipHiveMetadata"
+  val DEFAULT_SKIP_HIVE_METADATA = false
+
+  val RESPECT_SPARK_SCHEMA = "respectSparkSchema"
+  val DEFAULT_RESPECT_SPARK_SCHEMA = false
+
+}

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

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.ColumnStat
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CaseInsensitiveMap
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DDLUtils
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.PartitioningUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.{PartitioningUtils, SourceOptions}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.client.HiveClient
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.HiveSerDe
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.StaticSQLConf._
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
   private def createDataSourceTable(table: CatalogTable, ignoreIfExists: Boolean): Unit = {
     // data source table always have a provider, it's guaranteed by `DDLUtils.isDatasourceTable`.
     val provider = table.provider.get
+    val options = new SourceOptions(table.storage.properties)
 
     // To work around some hive metastore issues, e.g. not case-preserving, bad decimal type
     // support, no column nullability, etc., we should do some extra works before saving table
@@ -325,11 +326,9 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
 
     val qualifiedTableName = table.identifier.quotedString
     val maybeSerde = HiveSerDe.sourceToSerDe(provider)
-    val skipHiveMetadata = table.storage.properties
-      .getOrElse("skipHiveMetadata", "false").toBoolean
 
     val (hiveCompatibleTable, logMessage) = maybeSerde match {
-      case _ if skipHiveMetadata =>
+      case _ if options.skipHiveMetadata =>
         val message =
           s"Persisting data source table $qualifiedTableName into Hive metastore in" +
             "Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive."
@@ -722,6 +721,7 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
   }
 
   private def restoreHiveSerdeTable(table: CatalogTable): CatalogTable = {
+    val options = new SourceOptions(table.storage.properties)
     val hiveTable = table.copy(
       provider = Some(DDLUtils.HIVE_PROVIDER),
       tracksPartitionsInCatalog = true)
@@ -733,7 +733,8 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
       val partColumnNames = getPartitionColumnsFromTableProperties(table)
       val reorderedSchema = reorderSchema(schema = schemaFromTableProps, partColumnNames)
 
-      if (DataType.equalsIgnoreCaseAndNullability(reorderedSchema, table.schema)) {
+      if (DataType.equalsIgnoreCaseAndNullability(reorderedSchema, table.schema) ||
+          options.respectSparkSchema) {
         hiveTable.copy(
           schema = reorderedSchema,
           partitionColumnNames = partColumnNames,

sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala

@@ -763,6 +763,47 @@ class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
       }
     }
 
+    test(s"$version: read avro file containing decimal") {
+      val url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource("avroDecimal")
+      val location = new File(url.getFile)
+
+      val tableName = "tab1"
+      val avroSchema =
+        """{
+          |  "name": "test_record",
+          |  "type": "record",
+          |  "fields": [ {
+          |    "name": "f0",
+          |    "type": [
+          |      "null",
+          |      {
+          |        "precision": 38,
+          |        "scale": 2,
+          |        "type": "bytes",
+          |        "logicalType": "decimal"
+          |      }
+          |    ]
+          |  } ]
+          |}
+        """.stripMargin
+      withTable(tableName) {
+        versionSpark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |CREATE TABLE $tableName
+             |ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.avro.AvroSerDe'
+             |WITH SERDEPROPERTIES ('respectSparkSchema' = 'true')
+             |STORED AS
+             |  INPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerInputFormat'
+             |  OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerOutputFormat'
+             |LOCATION '$location'
+             |TBLPROPERTIES ('avro.schema.literal' = '$avroSchema')
+           """.stripMargin
+        )
+        assert(versionSpark.table(tableName).collect() ===
+          versionSpark.sql("SELECT 1.30").collect())
+      }
+    }
+
     // TODO: add more tests.
   }
 }