[HIVE-27563] Add typeof UDF

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: UDF
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Target Version/s: 4.0.0
• Assignee: John Sherman
• Reporter: John Sherman
• Created: 03/Aug/23 15:59
• Updated: 29/Mar/24 17:50
• Resolved: 07/Aug/23 15:18

Description

It would be useful to have a typeof UDF that returns a string describing the type of the argument.

For example:

SELECT typeof(int_column) FROM made_up_table
would return:
int

This is useful for test purposes and debugging purposes.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4547