[IMPALA-2640] Capitalization lost from statement name when impala-shell echoes the query

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.3.0
• Component/s: Clients
• Labels: ramp-up usability
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Jin Chul Kim
• Reporter: John Russell
• Created: 05/Nov/15 18:51
• Updated: 14/Dec/17 00:15
• Resolved: 14/Dec/17 00:15

Description

I don't know how long this has been going on but I just noticed it recently.

By default, impala-shell echoes the query after you type it, preserving the same capitalization the user entered. Except that the first word (i.e. the statement name) gets turned into all lowercase.

> CREATE TABLE truncate_demo (x INT);
Query: create TABLE truncate_demo (x INT)
 > SELECT * FROM truncate_demo;
Query: select * FROM truncate_demo

Notice how 'create' and 'select' were lowercased, while all other keywords were left with their original case. For me, the point of the Query: line is to have a conveniently copy-and-pasteable version of the original statement that I can put into a script or a document. If the case gets changed at all, that means some editing is required afterwards, which defeats the purpose.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: IMPALA-4664 Impala shell can accidentally convert certain literal strings to lowercase