
Explanation:
The question asks which code blocks fail to perform an inner join on 'storeId' and 'employeeId'. Let's analyze each option:
Seq(col("storeId"), col("employeeId")), which is a sequence of Column objects. The join method expects a Seq[String] for column names, not Column objects. This causes a type mismatch error.Seq("storeId", "employeeId") to join on columns with the same name in both DataFrames. Defaults to inner join.=== operators and and, forming a valid Column expression for the join. Inner join is implicit."inner" join type but uses the correct Seq[String] for columns. Works as intended.col("s.storeId") and col("e.employeeId"), which incorrectly references aliased columns. Aliases in Spark require using the DataFrame's column method (e.g., $"s.storeId") or avoiding ambiguous column names. The col("s.storeId") syntax looks for a non-existent column named 's.storeId', causing an error.Options A and E fail due to incorrect syntax for joining columns, while B, C, and D are valid.
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Which of the following code blocks does not correctly return a new DataFrame resulting from an inner join between storesDF and employeesDF on columns storeId and employeeId?
A
storesDF.join(employeesDF, Seq(col("storeId"), col("employeeId")))
B
storesDF.join(employeesDF, Seq("storeId", "employeeId"))
C
storesDF.join(employeesDF, storesDF("storeId") === employeesDF("storeId") and storesDF("employeeId") === employeesDF("employeeId"))
D
storesDF.join(employeesDF, Seq("storeId", "employeeId"), "inner")
E
storesDF.alias("s").join(employeesDF.alias("e"), col("s.storeId") === col("e.storeId") and col("s.employeeId") === col("e.employeeId"))