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Brock Noland commented on HIVE-9462:
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Good point, looks like that could cause an issue if the type is a {{char}},
{{varchar}}, or {{decimal}} where file schema is used in
{{deserializePrimitive}}.
> HIVE-8577 - breaks type evolution
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> Key: HIVE-9462
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9462
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Serializers/Deserializers
> Affects Versions: 0.15.0
> Reporter: Brock Noland
> Assignee: Brock Noland
> Attachments: HIVE-9462.1.patch, type_evolution.avro
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> If you write an avro field out as {{int}} and then change it's type to
> {{long}} you will get an {{UnresolvedUnionException}} due to code in
> HIVE-8577.
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