diff --git a/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json b/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json
index 417170d4b744c..7be9fbdd3e9fe 100644
--- a/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json
+++ b/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json
@@ -3330,7 +3330,7 @@
   },
   "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN" : {
     "message" : [
-      "The `singleVariantColumn` option cannot be used if there is also a user specified schema."
+      "User specified schema <schema> is invalid when the `singleVariantColumn` option is enabled. The schema must either be a variant field, or a variant field plus a corrupt column field."
     ],
     "sqlState" : "42613"
   },
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/DataSourceOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/DataSourceOptions.scala
index 41b062e4a375c..aa5e3c1de13f7 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/DataSourceOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/DataSourceOptions.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CaseInsensitiveMap
+import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.QueryCompilationErrors
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+
 /**
  * Interface defines the following methods for a data source:
  *  - register a new option name
@@ -71,4 +76,39 @@ object DataSourceOptions {
   // as a single VARIANT type column in the table with the given column name.
   // E.g. spark.read.format("<data-source-format>").option("singleVariantColumn", "colName")
   val SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN = "singleVariantColumn"
+  // The common option name for all data sources that supports corrupt record. In case of a parsing
+  // error, the record will be stored as a string in the column with the given name.
+  // Theoretically, the behavior of this option is not affected by the parsing mode
+  // (PERMISSIVE/FAILFAST/DROPMALFORMED). However, the corrupt record is only visible to the user
+  // when in PERMISSIVE mode, because the queries will fail in FAILFAST mode, or the row containing
+  // the corrupt record will be dropped in DROPMALFORMED mode.
+  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = "columnNameOfCorruptRecord"
+
+  // When `singleVariantColumn` is enabled and there is a user-specified schema, the schema must
+  // either be a variant field, or a variant field plus a corrupt column field.
+  def validateSingleVariantColumn(
+      options: CaseInsensitiveMap[String],
+      userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType]): Unit = {
+    (options.get(SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN), userSpecifiedSchema) match {
+      case (Some(variantColumnName), Some(schema)) =>
+        var valid = schema.fields.exists { f =>
+          f.dataType.isInstanceOf[VariantType] && f.name == variantColumnName && f.nullable
+        }
+        schema.length match {
+          case 1 =>
+          case 2 =>
+            val corruptRecordColumnName = options.getOrElse(
+              COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD, SQLConf.get.columnNameOfCorruptRecord)
+            valid = valid && corruptRecordColumnName != variantColumnName
+            valid = valid && schema.fields.exists { f =>
+              f.dataType.isInstanceOf[StringType] && f.name == corruptRecordColumnName && f.nullable
+            }
+          case _ => valid = false
+        }
+        if (!valid) {
+          throw QueryCompilationErrors.invalidSingleVariantColumn(schema)
+        }
+      case _ =>
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
index 3dcab7a03f04f..b43f124ed19c0 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ object CSVOptions extends DataSourceOptions {
   val EMPTY_VALUE = newOption("emptyValue")
   val LINE_SEP = newOption("lineSep")
   val INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE = newOption("inputBufferSize")
-  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = newOption("columnNameOfCorruptRecord")
+  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = newOption(DataSourceOptions.COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD)
   val NULL_VALUE = newOption("nullValue")
   val NAN_VALUE = newOption("nanValue")
   val POSITIVE_INF = newOption("positiveInf")
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/csv/CsvExpressionEvalUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/csv/CsvExpressionEvalUtils.scala
index 650db3a686be1..4d6c862a4fbce 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/csv/CsvExpressionEvalUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/csv/CsvExpressionEvalUtils.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.csv
 import com.univocity.parsers.csv.CsvParser
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkException
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{DataSourceOptions, InternalRow}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.csv.{CSVInferSchema, CSVOptions, UnivocityParser}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.ExprUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{FailFastMode, FailureSafeParser, PermissiveMode}
@@ -66,11 +66,7 @@ case class CsvToStructsEvaluator(
     if (mode != PermissiveMode && mode != FailFastMode) {
       throw QueryCompilationErrors.parseModeUnsupportedError("from_csv", mode)
     }
-    if (parsedOptions.singleVariantColumn.isDefined) {
-      if (nullableSchema.length != 1 || nullableSchema.head.dataType != VariantType) {
-        throw QueryCompilationErrors.invalidSingleVariantColumn()
-      }
-    }
+    DataSourceOptions.validateSingleVariantColumn(parsedOptions.parameters, Some(nullableSchema))
     ExprUtils.verifyColumnNameOfCorruptRecord(
       nullableSchema,
       parsedOptions.columnNameOfCorruptRecord)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
index 249c0efc26813..6ba152d309846 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class JSONOptions(
   val parseMode: ParseMode =
     parameters.get(MODE).map(ParseMode.fromString).getOrElse(PermissiveMode)
   val columnNameOfCorruptRecord =
-    parameters.getOrElse(COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPTED_RECORD, defaultColumnNameOfCorruptRecord)
+    parameters.getOrElse(COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD, defaultColumnNameOfCorruptRecord)
 
   // Whether to ignore column of all null values or empty array/struct during schema inference
   val dropFieldIfAllNull = parameters.get(DROP_FIELD_IF_ALL_NULL).map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ object JSONOptions extends DataSourceOptions {
   val LINE_SEP = newOption("lineSep")
   val PRETTY = newOption("pretty")
   val INFER_TIMESTAMP = newOption("inferTimestamp")
-  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPTED_RECORD = newOption("columnNameOfCorruptRecord")
+  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = newOption(DataSourceOptions.COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD)
   val TIME_ZONE = newOption("timeZone")
   val WRITE_NON_ASCII_CHARACTER_AS_CODEPOINT = newOption("writeNonAsciiCharacterAsCodePoint")
   val SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN = newOption(DataSourceOptions.SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala
index e2c2d9dbc6d63..2fb25478e529b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ object XmlOptions extends DataSourceOptions {
   val COMPRESSION = newOption("compression")
   val MULTI_LINE = newOption("multiLine")
   val SAMPLING_RATIO = newOption("samplingRatio")
-  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = newOption("columnNameOfCorruptRecord")
+  val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = newOption(DataSourceOptions.COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD)
   val DATE_FORMAT = newOption("dateFormat")
   val TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = newOption("timestampFormat")
   val TIMESTAMP_NTZ_FORMAT = newOption("timestampNTZFormat")
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala
index 4d8b6b3da6db6..b58605ae95420 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala
@@ -3355,10 +3355,10 @@ private[sql] object QueryCompilationErrors extends QueryErrorsBase with Compilat
         "config" -> SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key))
   }
 
-  def invalidSingleVariantColumn(): Throwable = {
+  def invalidSingleVariantColumn(schema: DataType): Throwable = {
     new AnalysisException(
       errorClass = "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN",
-      messageParameters = Map.empty)
+      messageParameters = Map("schema" -> toSQLType(schema)))
   }
 
   def writeWithSaveModeUnsupportedBySourceError(source: String, createMode: String): Throwable = {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/classic/DataFrameReader.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/classic/DataFrameReader.scala
index 08cc823752263..bc01517e1c6ff 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/classic/DataFrameReader.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/classic/DataFrameReader.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.UnresolvedDataSource
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.FailureSafeParser
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.xml.{StaxXmlParser, XmlOptions}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.classic.ClassicConversions._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.QueryCompilationErrors
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.csv._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.{JDBCOptions, JDBCPartition, JDBCRelation}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.json.JsonUtils.checkJsonSchema
@@ -336,12 +335,8 @@ class DataFrameReader private[sql](sparkSession: SparkSession)
   override def textFile(paths: String*): Dataset[String] = super.textFile(paths: _*)
 
   /** @inheritdoc */
-  override protected def validateSingleVariantColumn(): Unit = {
-    if (extraOptions.get(DataSourceOptions.SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN).isDefined &&
-      userSpecifiedSchema.isDefined) {
-      throw QueryCompilationErrors.invalidSingleVariantColumn()
-    }
-  }
+  override protected def validateSingleVariantColumn(): Unit =
+    DataSourceOptions.validateSingleVariantColumn(extraOptions, userSpecifiedSchema)
 
   override protected def validateJsonSchema(): Unit =
     userSpecifiedSchema.foreach(checkJsonSchema)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CsvFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CsvFunctionsSuite.scala
index 5b2ae9a20ab7d..f5cca28dc01da 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CsvFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CsvFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ class CsvFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
             from_csv(
               $"value",
               StructType.fromDDL("v variant"),
-              Map("header" -> header, "singleVariantColumn" -> "true")
+              Map("header" -> header, "singleVariantColumn" -> "v")
             ).cast("string")),
           Seq(
             Row("""{{"_c0":100,"_c1":1.1}}"""),
@@ -797,6 +797,19 @@ class CsvFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
             Row("""{{"_c0":null,"_c1":true}}"""),
             Row("""{{"_c0":"1e9","_c1":"hello","_c2":"extra"}}"""),
             Row("""{{"_c0":"missing"}}""")))
+        checkAnswer(
+          df.select(
+            from_csv(
+              $"value",
+              StructType.fromDDL("v variant, _corrupt_record string"),
+              Map("header" -> header, "singleVariantColumn" -> "v")
+            ).cast("string")),
+          Seq(
+            Row("""{{"_c0":100,"_c1":1.1}, null}"""),
+            Row("""{{"_c0":"2000-01-01","_c1":"2000-01-01 01:02:03+00:00"}, null}"""),
+            Row("""{{"_c0":null,"_c1":true}, null}"""),
+            Row("""{{"_c0":"1e9","_c1":"hello","_c2":"extra"}, null}"""),
+            Row("""{{"_c0":"missing"}, null}""")))
       }
     }
     checkError(
@@ -807,7 +820,20 @@ class CsvFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
           StructType.fromDDL("a variant, b variant"),
           Map("singleVariantColumn" -> "true"))).collect()
       },
-      condition = "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN")
+      condition = "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN",
+      parameters = Map("schema" -> "\"STRUCT<a: VARIANT, b: VARIANT>\""))
+
+    // In singleVariantColumn mode, from_csv normally treats all inputs as valid. The only exception
+    // case is the input exceeds the variant size limit (16MiB).
+    val largeInput = "a" * (16 * 1024 * 1024)
+    checkAnswer(
+      Seq(largeInput).toDF("value").select(
+        from_csv(
+          $"value",
+          StructType.fromDDL("v variant, _corrupt_record string"),
+          Map("singleVariantColumn" -> "v")
+        ).cast("string")),
+      Seq(Row(s"""{null, $largeInput}""")))
   }
 
   test("SPARK-47497: the input of to_csv must be StructType") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala
index 1999e6502d5da..95cee3b995996 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala
@@ -433,23 +433,35 @@ class VariantSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with ExpressionEval
       val file = new File(dir, "file.json")
       Files.write(file.toPath, "0".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
 
-      // Ensure that we get an error when setting the singleVariantColumn JSON option while also
-      // specifying a schema.
-      checkError(
-        exception = intercept[AnalysisException] {
-          spark.read.format("json").option("singleVariantColumn", "var").schema("var variant")
-        },
-        condition = "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN",
-        parameters = Map.empty
-      )
-      checkError(
-        exception = intercept[AnalysisException] {
-          spark.read.format("json").option("singleVariantColumn", "another_name")
-            .schema("var variant").json(file.getAbsolutePath).collect()
-        },
-        condition = "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN",
-        parameters = Map.empty
-      )
+      // These are valid.
+      for ((schema, options) <- Seq(
+        ("var variant", Map()),
+        ("var variant, _corrupt_record string", Map()),
+        ("_corrupt_record string, var variant", Map()),
+        ("c string, var variant", Map("columnNameOfCorruptRecord" -> "c"))
+      )) {
+        spark.read.options(Map("singleVariantColumn" -> "var") ++ options)
+          .schema(schema).json(file.getAbsolutePath).collect()
+      }
+
+      // These are invalid.
+      for ((schema, options) <- Seq(
+        ("a variant", Map()),
+        ("var int", Map()),
+        ("var variant, c string", Map()),
+        ("var variant, _corrupt_record int", Map()),
+        ("var variant, _corrupt_record string", Map("columnNameOfCorruptRecord" -> "c")),
+        ("var variant, var string", Map("columnNameOfCorruptRecord" -> "var"))
+      )) {
+        checkError(
+          exception = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+            spark.read.options(Map("singleVariantColumn" -> "var") ++ options)
+              .schema(schema).json(file.getAbsolutePath).collect()
+          },
+          condition = "INVALID_SINGLE_VARIANT_COLUMN",
+          parameters = Map("schema" -> s"\"${StructType.fromDDL(schema).sql}\"")
+        )
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
index 6134603642ddb..5c5efdbf64070 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
@@ -3556,6 +3556,23 @@ abstract class CSVSuite
           """{"field 1":"missing"}""")
       }
 
+      withSQLConf(SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> "UTC") {
+        val options = Map("header" -> "true", "singleVariantColumn" -> "v")
+        checkAnswer(
+          spark.read.options(options)
+            .schema("v variant, _corrupt_record string")
+            .csv(path.getCanonicalPath)
+            .selectExpr("cast(v as string)", "_corrupt_record"),
+          // When `header` is true, inconsistent lengths between the header and content line is
+          // treated as a corrupt record.
+          Seq(
+            Row("""{"field 1":100,"field2":1.1}""", null),
+            Row("""{"field 1":"2000-01-01","field2":"2000-01-01 01:02:03+00:00"}""", null),
+            Row("""{"field 1":null,"field2":true}""", null),
+            Row("""{"field 1":"1e9","field2":"hello"}""", "1e9,hello,extra"),
+            Row("""{"field 1":"missing"}""", "missing")))
+      }
+
       checkError(
         exception = intercept[SparkException] {
           val options = Map("singleVariantColumn" -> "v", "header" -> "true", "mode" -> "failfast")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
index 07fb2dedaa0a0..52ffdf6c6c0b9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
@@ -4007,6 +4007,7 @@ abstract class JsonSuite
       "true",
       """{"a": [], "b": null}""",
       """{"a": 1}""",
+      "bad json",
       "[1, 2, 3]"
     ).mkString("\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
 
@@ -4018,13 +4019,30 @@ abstract class JsonSuite
         spark.read.format("json").option("singleVariantColumn", "var")
           .load(file.getAbsolutePath)
           .selectExpr("to_json(var)"),
-        Seq(Row("true"), Row("""{"a":[],"b":null}"""), Row("""{"a":1}"""), Row("[1,2,3]"))
+        Seq(Row("true"), Row("""{"a":[],"b":null}"""), Row("""{"a":1}"""), Row(null),
+          Row("[1,2,3]"))
+      )
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        spark.read.format("json").option("singleVariantColumn", "var")
+          .schema("var variant, _corrupt_record string")
+          .load(file.getAbsolutePath)
+          .selectExpr("to_json(var)", "_corrupt_record"),
+        Seq(Row("true", null), Row("""{"a":[],"b":null}""", null), Row("""{"a":1}""", null),
+          Row(null, "bad json"), Row("[1,2,3]", null))
       )
 
       checkAnswer(
         spark.read.format("json").schema("a variant, b variant")
           .load(file.getAbsolutePath).selectExpr("to_json(a)", "to_json(b)"),
-        Seq(Row(null, null), Row("[]", "null"), Row("1", null), Row(null, null))
+        Seq(Row(null, null), Row("[]", "null"), Row("1", null), Row(null, null), Row(null, null))
+      )
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        spark.read.format("json").schema("a variant, b variant, _corrupt_record string")
+          .load(file.getAbsolutePath).selectExpr("to_json(a)", "to_json(b)", "_corrupt_record"),
+        Seq(Row(null, null, "true"), Row("[]", "null", null), Row("1", null, null),
+          Row(null, null, "bad json"), Row(null, null, "[1, 2, 3]"))
       )
 
       withTempDir { streamDir =>
@@ -4038,7 +4056,8 @@ abstract class JsonSuite
         stream.processAllAvailable()
         checkAnswer(
           spark.read.format("parquet").load(streamDir.getCanonicalPath + "/output"),
-          Seq(Row("true"), Row("""{"a":[],"b":null}"""), Row("""{"a":1}"""), Row("[1,2,3]"))
+          Seq(Row("true"), Row("""{"a":[],"b":null}"""), Row("""{"a":1}"""), Row(null),
+            Row("[1,2,3]"))
         )
       }
     }
@@ -4051,10 +4070,32 @@ abstract class JsonSuite
         spark.read.format("json").option("singleVariantColumn", "var")
           .load(dir.getAbsolutePath).selectExpr("a", "b", "to_json(var)"),
         Seq(Row(1, 2, "true"), Row(1, 2, """{"a":[],"b":null}"""), Row(1, 2, """{"a":1}"""),
-          Row(1, 2, "[1,2,3]"))
+          Row(1, 2, null), Row(1, 2, "[1,2,3]"))
       )
     }
   }
+
+  test("from_json with variant") {
+    val df = Seq(
+      "true",
+      """{"a": [], "b": null}""",
+      """{"a": 1}""",
+      "bad json",
+      "[1, 2, 3]"
+    ).toDF("value")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.selectExpr("cast(from_json(value, 'var variant', " +
+        "map('singleVariantColumn', 'var')) as string)"),
+      Seq(Row("{true}"), Row("""{{"a":[],"b":null}}"""), Row("""{{"a":1}}"""), Row("{null}"),
+        Row("{[1,2,3]}"))
+    )
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.selectExpr("cast(from_json(value, 'var variant, _corrupt_record string', " +
+        "map('singleVariantColumn', 'var')) as string)"),
+      Seq(Row("{true, null}"), Row("""{{"a":[],"b":null}, null}"""), Row("""{{"a":1}, null}"""),
+        Row("{null, bad json}"), Row("{[1,2,3], null}"))
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 class JsonV1Suite extends JsonSuite {