[IMPALA-2553] Impala should work correctly with Avro-based table containing Enum fields

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.2.4, Impala 2.3.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 1.3
• Component/s: Backend
• Environment: Impala: Impala Shell v2.2.0-cdh5 (2ffd73a) built on Tue Apr 21 12:09:21 PDT 2015); CDH: 5.4.0 ; OS: Linux quickstart.cloudera 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64; Avro 1.7.6
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Santosh Kumar
• Created: 14/Oct/15 22:06
• Updated: 30/Oct/18 17:37

Description

Running a query on an Avro-based table with enum types in Hive works correctly but running the same query on the same table in Impala fails with an error message.

Impala should handle enum types by returning a string value (just like Hive).

Issue Links

• is related to: IMPALA-767 Query on Avro-Based Table Containing Enum Fields Incorrectly Returns 0 Rows