[HIVE-6246] Sign(a) UDF is not supported for decimal type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: UDF
• Assignee: Xuefu Zhang Assign to me
• Reporter: Xuefu Zhang
• Created: 21/Jan/14 18:06
• Updated: 10/Feb/14 21:32
• Resolved: 30/Jan/14 21:18

Description

java.sql.SQLException: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10014]: Line 1:86 Wrong arguments 'a': No matching method for class org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.UDFSign with (decimal(38,10)). Possible choices: FUNC(double)

Issue Links

• 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-2693 Add DECIMAL data type
• links to: https://reviews.apache.org/r/17262/