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  1. Hive
  2. HIVE-5825

Case statement type checking too restrictive for parameterized types

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 0.13.0
    • UDF
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    Description

      explain select
      case when (key = '0') then 123.456BD else 0.0BD end
      from src limit 2

      FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10016]: Line 3:44 Argument type mismatch '0.0BD': The expression after ELSE should have the same type as those after THEN: "decimal(6,3)" is expected but "decimal(1,0)" is found

      The return type checking is too strict and won't allow different decimal types to be returned if they are not the exact same type (precision/scale). There are similar issues with char/varchar length, but even in the general case it seems odd that you wouldn't be able to specify 1 and 0.0 in the same case statement.

      I would propose setting returnOIResolver so that it is able to convert the return values to common type.

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        1. HIVE-5825.1.patch
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          Jason Dere

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