Github user zellerh commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafodion/pull/496#discussion_r64680680
--- Diff: core/sql/executor/ExExeUtilGet.cpp ---
@@ -4940,6 +4946,41 @@ Lng32
ExExeUtilHiveMDaccessTcb::getLengthFromHiveColType(const char* hiveType)
if ( !strcmp(hiveType, "timestamp"))
return 26; //Is this internal or display length? REC_DATETIME;
+ if ( !strcmp(hiveType, "date"))
+ return 10; //Is this internal or display length? REC_DATETIME;
+
+ if ( !strncmp(hiveType, "varchar",7) )
+ {
+ //try to get the length
+ char maxLen[32];
+ memset(maxLen, 0, 32);
+ int i=0,j=0;
+ short copyit = 0;
+
+ if(strlen(hiveType) > 39) return -1;
+
+ for(i = 0; i < strlen(hiveType) ; i++)
+ {
+ if(hiveType[i] == '(')
+ {
+ copyit=1;
+ continue;
+ }
+ else if(hiveType[i] == ')')
+ break;
+ if(copyit == 1 )
+ {
+ maxLen[j] = hiveType[i];
+ j++;
+ }
+ }
+
--- End diff --
Just wanted to mention that the BYTES syntax comes from Oracle, we decided
to support it as well. I don't think Hive has it. It is not ANSI standard
syntax.
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