[IMPALA-83] Cast of string literal to boolean fails analysis @ CastExpr.java:83: Preconditions.checkState(match.returnType == targetType);

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 0.5
• Fix Version/s: Impala 0.7
• Assignee: Alexander Behm
• Reporter: Henry Robinson
• Created: 21/Feb/13 00:07
• Updated: 13/Mar/13 01:46
• Resolved: 13/Mar/13 01:46

Description

Query:
select cast('False' as boolean) from alltypes

Error:

ERROR: com.cloudera.impala.common.AnalysisException
	at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.AnalysisContext.analyze(AnalysisContext.java:135)
	at com.cloudera.impala.service.Frontend.createExecRequest(Frontend.java:216)
	at com.cloudera.impala.service.JniFrontend.createExecRequest(JniFrontend.java:86)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException
	at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:129)
	at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.CastExpr.analyze(CastExpr.java:83)
	at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.Expr.analyze(Expr.java:91)
	at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.SelectStmt.analyze(SelectStmt.java:143)
	at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.AnalysisContext.analyze(AnalysisContext.