[PIG-2303] FOREACH doesn't allow explicit schema for MAX() result to be chararray

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: parser
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Graham Lea
• Created: 26/Sep/11 01:42
• Updated: 27/Sep/11 02:58
• Resolved: 27/Sep/11 02:58

Description

Here: http://pig.apache.org/docs/r0.9.0/func.html#max
It says MIN/Max can be used on chararray, but the result of those functions is always a double.
Had to search through the Pig Javadoc to find that I should use StringMin/StringMax instead.