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  1. Hive
  2. HIVE-774

Fix the behavior of "/" and add "DIV"

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 0.4.0, 0.5.0
    • 0.4.0, 0.5.0
    • None
    • None
    • Incompatible change, Reviewed
    • HIVE-774. Fix the behavior of / and add DIV. (Ning Zhang via zshao)

    Description

      In hive, "select 3/2" will return 1 while MySQL returns 1.5.

      See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/arithmetic-functions.html#operator_div for details.

      mysql> select 3/2;
      +--------+
      | 3/2    |
      +--------+
      | 1.5000 |
      +--------+
      1 row in set (0.00 sec)
      
      mysql> select 3 div 2;
      +---------+
      | 3 div 2 |
      +---------+
      |       1 |
      +---------+
      1 row in set (0.00 sec)
      
      mysql> select -3 div 2;
      +----------+
      | -3 div 2 |
      +----------+
      |       -1 |
      +----------+
      1 row in set (0.00 sec)
      
      mysql> select -3 div -2;
      +-----------+
      | -3 div -2 |
      +-----------+
      |         1 |
      +-----------+
      1 row in set (0.00 sec)
      
      mysql> select 3 div -2;
      +----------+
      | 3 div -2 |
      +----------+
      |       -1 |
      +----------+
      1 row in set (0.00 sec)
      

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        1. hive-774.patch
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          Ning Zhang

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              nzhang Ning Zhang
              zshao Zheng Shao
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