[FLINK-25187] Apply padding for BINARY(<precision>)

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.15.0
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Marios Trivyzas
• Reporter: Marios Trivyzas
• Created: 06/Dec/21 08:52
• Updated: 31/Dec/21 11:57
• Resolved: 31/Dec/21 11:57

Description

When the resulting byte array that is generated for a CAST(XXX AS BINARY(<precision>) has length < precision, then it should be padded with 0 to the right, to end up with a byte array of precision length, similarly to padding with spaces for CHAR(<precision>).

Issue Links

• is related to: FLINK-25366 Enforce BINARY/VARBINARY precision when outputing to a Sink
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #18162