[PIG-3110] pig corrupts chararrays with trailing whitespace when converting them to long

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: data
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Prashant Kommireddi
• Reporter: Ido Hadanny
• Created: 31/Dec/12 13:35
• Updated: 14/Oct/13 16:46
• Resolved: 21/Mar/13 00:05

Description

when trying to convert the following string into long, pig corrupts it. data:

1703598819951657279 ,44081037

data1 = load 'data' using CSVLoader as (a: chararray ,b: int);
data2 = foreach data1 generate (long)a as a;
dump data2;
(1703598819951657216) <--- last 2 digits are corrupted

data2 = foreach data1 generate (long)TRIM(a) as a;
dump data2;
(1703598819951657279) <--- correct