[SPARK-43380] Fix Avro data type conversion issues to avoid producing incorrect results

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: Connect
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Target Version/s: 3.5.0
• Assignee: Zerui Bao
• Reporter: Zerui Bao
• Created: 04/May/23 23:01
• Updated: 31/Oct/23 23:46
• Resolved: 02/Jun/23 22:10

Description

We found the following issues with open-source Avro:

• Interval types can be read as date or timestamp types that would lead to wildly different results
• Decimal types can be read with lower precision, that leads to data being read as null instead of suggesting that a wider decimal format should be provided

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #41052 (zeruibao)
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #42503
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #43530
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #43557
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #43606