[HIVE-6620] UDF printf doesn't take either CHAR or VARCHAR as the first argument

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: UDF
• Assignee: Xuefu Zhang
• Reporter: Xuefu Zhang
• Created: 11/Mar/14 20:38
• Updated: 13/Nov/14 19:42
• Resolved: 17/Mar/14 20:43

Description

hive> desc vc;
OK
c                   	char(5)             	None                
vc                  	varchar(7)          	None                
s                   	string              	None                

hive> select printf(c) from vc;
FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10016]: Line 1:14 Argument type mismatch 'c': Argument 1 of function PRINTF must be "string", but "char(5)" was found.

However, if the argument is string type, the query runs successfully.