[SPARK-16730] Spark 2.0 breaks various Hive cast functions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: Peter Lee
• Reporter: Peter Lee
• Created: 26/Jul/16 03:52
• Updated: 28/Jul/16 06:11
• Resolved: 28/Jul/16 06:11

Description

In Spark 1.x, it is possible to use "int", "string", and other functions to perform type cast. This functionality is broken in Spark 2.0, because Spark no longer falls back to Hive for these functions.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #14362 (petermaxlee)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #14364 (petermaxlee)