[HIVE-10679] JsonSerde ignores varchar and char size limit specified during table creation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.1
• Component/s: Serializers/Deserializers
• Assignee: Jason Dere
• Reporter: Jagruti Varia
• Created: 12/May/15 00:43
• Updated: 05/Jun/15 20:57
• Resolved: 14/May/15 22:22

Description

JsonSerde ignores varchar and char size limit specified during table creation and always creates varchar or char column with max length.

steps to reproduce the issue:

create table jsonserde_1 (v varchar(50), c char(50)) row format serde 'org.apache.hive.hcatalog.data.JsonSerDe';
desc jsonserde_1;
OK
v                   	varchar(65535)      	from deserializer   
c                   	char(255)           	from deserializer   
Time taken: 0.468 seconds, Fetched: 2 row(s)