[IMPALA-939] Regex should match anywhere in string

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.3
• Fix Version/s: Impala 1.3.1
• Assignee: Victor Bittorf
• Reporter: Henry Robinson
• Created: 08/Apr/14 23:37
• Updated: 24/Apr/14 15:04
• Resolved: 24/Apr/14 15:04

Description

REGEXP should match anywhere in the string; that is there should be an implicit "."..."." bracketing the search pattern. Impala's regex matches patterns exactly, so for example "english" REGEXP "en" should be true, but Impala returns false.