From 220cff6148c9e42e08180d15fb62244b88ebcc85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: osipovartem <artemosipov.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:59:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Plan struct colon access as get_field

---
 datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+)

diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs
index e96fdb7d4baca..39c8617135f1b 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ impl ExprPlanner for NestedFunctionPlanner {
                     return Ok(PlannerResult::Planned(array_has_all(right, left)));
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            #[cfg(feature = "sql")]
+            let is_colon =
+                matches!(&op, BinaryOperator::Custom(operator) if operator == ":");
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "sql"))]
+            let is_colon = op == BinaryOperator::Colon;
+
+            if is_colon
+                && matches!(left.get_type(schema)?, DataType::Struct(_))
+                && let Expr::Literal(field_name, _) = &right
+                && let Some(field_name) = field_name.try_as_str().flatten()
+            {
+                return Ok(PlannerResult::Planned(get_field(
+                    left,
+                    field_name.to_owned(),
+                )));
+            }
         }
 
         Ok(PlannerResult::Original(RawBinaryExpr { op, left, right }))
@@ -194,3 +211,72 @@ impl ExprPlanner for FieldAccessPlanner {
 fn is_array_agg(func: &Arc<AggregateUDF>) -> bool {
     func.name() == "array_agg"
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(test, feature = "sql"))]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use arrow::datatypes::{Field, Fields};
+    use datafusion_common::{Column, ScalarValue};
+    use datafusion_expr::planner::ExprPlanner;
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+    fn nested_struct_schema() -> DFSchema {
+        let country = DataType::Struct(Fields::from(vec![Field::new(
+            "name",
+            DataType::Utf8,
+            true,
+        )]));
+        let payload =
+            DataType::Struct(Fields::from(vec![Field::new("country", country, true)]));
+        DFSchema::from_unqualified_fields(
+            vec![Field::new("payload", payload, true)].into(),
+            HashMap::new(),
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn colon(left: Expr, field_name: &str) -> RawBinaryExpr {
+        RawBinaryExpr {
+            op: BinaryOperator::Custom(":".to_owned()),
+            left,
+            right: Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::from(field_name), None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn planned(expr: RawBinaryExpr, schema: &DFSchema) -> Expr {
+        let PlannerResult::Planned(expr) =
+            NestedFunctionPlanner.plan_binary_op(expr, schema).unwrap()
+        else {
+            panic!("expected colon access to be planned");
+        };
+        expr
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plans_nested_struct_colon_access_as_get_field() {
+        let schema = nested_struct_schema();
+        let payload = Expr::Column(Column::new_unqualified("payload"));
+        let country = planned(colon(payload.clone(), "country"), &schema);
+        let name = planned(colon(country.clone(), "name"), &schema);
+
+        assert_eq!(country, get_field(payload.clone(), "country"));
+        assert_eq!(name, get_field(get_field(payload, "country"), "name"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn leaves_non_struct_colon_access_for_other_planners() {
+        let schema = DFSchema::from_unqualified_fields(
+            vec![Field::new("text", DataType::Utf8, true)].into(),
+            HashMap::new(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let original = colon(Expr::Column(Column::new_unqualified("text")), "field");
+
+        assert!(matches!(
+            NestedFunctionPlanner
+                .plan_binary_op(original, &schema)
+                .unwrap(),
+            PlannerResult::Original(_)
+        ));
+    }
+}

From 1408bdc34be2941d5c1d9bfa0d66f70b4a952bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: osipovartem <artemosipov.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:06:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test: cover unsupported struct colon access

---
 datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs
index 39c8617135f1b..9590424e57565 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/planner.rs
@@ -279,4 +279,36 @@ mod tests {
             PlannerResult::Original(_)
         ));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn leaves_unsupported_struct_access_for_other_planners() {
+        let schema = nested_struct_schema();
+        let payload = Expr::Column(Column::new_unqualified("payload"));
+        let unsupported = [
+            RawBinaryExpr {
+                op: BinaryOperator::Custom("other".to_owned()),
+                left: payload.clone(),
+                right: Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::from("country"), None),
+            },
+            RawBinaryExpr {
+                op: BinaryOperator::Custom(":".to_owned()),
+                left: payload.clone(),
+                right: Expr::Column(Column::new_unqualified("field_name")),
+            },
+            RawBinaryExpr {
+                op: BinaryOperator::Custom(":".to_owned()),
+                left: payload,
+                right: Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(1)), None),
+            },
+        ];
+
+        for expression in unsupported {
+            assert!(matches!(
+                NestedFunctionPlanner
+                    .plan_binary_op(expression, &schema)
+                    .unwrap(),
+                PlannerResult::Original(_)
+            ));
+        }
+    }
 }