[HIVE-6622] UDF translate doesn't take either CHAR or VARCHAR as any of its arguments

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: UDF
• Assignee: Wilbur Yang
• Reporter: Xuefu Zhang
• Created: 11/Mar/14 20:56
• Updated: 13/Nov/14 19:41
• Resolved: 20/Jun/14 21:14

Description

UDF translate(input, from, to) doesn't accept any CHAR or VARCHAR typed argument.

hive> desc vc;
c                   	char(5)             	None                
vc                  	varchar(7)          	None                
s                   	string              	None                
hive> select translate("my input", c, "ll") from vc;
FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10016]: Line 1:29 Argument type mismatch 'c': A string argument was expected but an argument of type char(5) was given.

However, if the type is String, then the UDF works fine.