[IMPALA-1796] PrimitiveType.VARCHAR is missing in a switch

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.1.1
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.2
• Assignee: Alexander Behm
• Reporter: Jean-Baptiste Rouquier
• Created: 18/Feb/15 13:28
• Updated: 21/Feb/15 19:18
• Resolved: 21/Feb/15 19:18

Description

See potential fix at https://github.com/cloudera/Impala/pull/73

Steps to reproduce: use the catalog operation GET_COLUMNS on a table that has a column of type VARCHAR.

Detailed error:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid primitive type VARCHAR
at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument(Preconditions.java:88)
at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.Type.getJavaSqlType(Type.java:489)
at com.cloudera.impala.service.MetadataOp.getColumns(MetadataOp.java:359)
at com.cloudera.impala.service.Frontend.execHiveServer2MetadataOp(Frontend.java:1015)
at com.cloudera.impala.service.JniFrontend.execHiveServer2MetadataOp(JniFrontend.java:436)