[DRILL-504] Max function against string fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.4.0
• Component/s: Functions - Drill
• Assignee: Jacques Nadeau
• Reporter: Krystal
• Created: 11/Apr/14 22:29
• Updated: 31/Jul/14 06:32
• Resolved: 03/Jun/14 18:08

Description

Ran the following query:
select max(name) from dfs.`student`;

The query failed with the following error:
Query failed: org.apache.drill.exec.rpc.RpcException: Remote failure while running query.[error_id: "c7f5cb9e-e172-4366-9a86-99523cc828b5"
endpoint {
address: "qa-node57.qa.lab"
user_port: 31010
control_port: 31011
data_port: 31012
}
error_type: 0
message: "Failure while running fragment. < NumberFormatException:[ fred ovid ]"
]
Error: exception while executing query (state=,code=0)
0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs> select max(name) from dfs.`student`;
Query failed: org.apache.drill.exec.rpc.RpcException: Remote failure while running query.[error_id: "b7d8d803-68ad-49ef-9958-1d4c6708bd1b"
endpoint {
address: "qa-node57.qa.lab"
user_port: 31010
control_port: 31011
data_port: 31012
}
error_type: 0
message: "Failure while running fragment. < NumberFormatException:[ fred ovid ]"
]
Error: exception while executing query (state=,code=0)