[HIVE-20498] Support date type for column stats autogather

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Statistics
• Assignee: Zoltan Haindrich
• Reporter: Zoltan Haindrich
• Created: 04/Sep/18 14:08
• Updated: 17/Nov/22 08:55
• Resolved: 20/Sep/18 06:18

Description

set hive.stats.column.autogather=true;
create table dx2(a int,b int,d date);

explain insert into dx2 values(1,1,'2011-11-11');
-- no compute_stats calls

insert into dx2 values(1,1,'2011-11-11');
insert into dx2 values(1,1,'2001-11-11');

explain analyze table dx2 compute statistics for columns;
-- as expected; has compute_stats calls
analyze table dx2 compute statistics for columns;
-- runs ok
desc formatted dx2 d;
-- looks good