[HIVE-13462] HiveResultSetMetaData.getPrecision() fails for NULL columns

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: JDBC
• Assignee: Jason Dere
• Reporter: Jason Dere
• Created: 08/Apr/16 19:56
• Updated: 21/Jun/16 15:12
• Resolved: 02/May/16 01:33

Description

Can happen if you have a null in the select clause, for example "select null, key, value from src"

java.sql.SQLException: Unrecognized column type: NULL
	at org.apache.hive.jdbc.JdbcColumn.typeStringToHiveType(JdbcColumn.java:160)
	at org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveResultSetMetaData.getHiveType(HiveResultSetMetaData.java:48)
	at org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveResultSetMetaData.getPrecision(HiveResultSetMetaData.java:86)