[HIVE-2693] Add DECIMAL data type

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Component/s: Query Processor, Types
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Prasad Mujumdar
• Reporter: Carl Steinbach
• Created: 05/Jan/12 19:05
• Updated: 10/Feb/14 21:34
• Resolved: 16/Jan/13 23:05

Description

Add support for the DECIMAL data type. HIVE-2272 (TIMESTAMP) provides a nice template for how to do this.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: HIVE-3036 hive should support BigDecimal datatype
• is related to: HIVE-6246 Sign(a) UDF is not supported for decimal type
• is related to: HIVE-6327 A few mathematic functions don't take decimal input
• is related to: HIVE-6385 UDF degrees() doesn't take decimal as input
• relates to: HIVE-3820 Consider creating a literal like "D" or "BD" for representing Decimal type constants
• relates to: HIVE-4271 Limit precision of decimal type
• relates to: HIVE-4320 Consider extending max limit for precision to 38
• relates to: HIVE-3036 hive should support BigDecimal datatype
• relates to: HIVE-3976 Support specifying scale and precision with Hive decimal type

Sub-Tasks

• Expand UDF method selection logic in Function Registry: Resolved