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Damien Carol updated HIVE-9537:
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    Description: 
When a string expression such as upper or lower is applied to a fixed length 
column the trailing spaces of the fixed length character are not preserved.
{code:sql}
CREATE TABLE  if not exists TCHAR ( 
RNUM int, 
CCHAR char(32)    
)
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' 
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' 
STORED AS TEXTFILE;
{code}
{{cchar}} as a {{char(32)}}.
{code:sql}
select cchar, concat(cchar, cchar), concat(lower(cchar), cchar), 
concat(upper(cchar), cchar) 
from tchar;
{code}

0|\N
1|
2| 
3|BB
4|EE
5|FF


  was:
cchar is char(32). when a string expression such as upper or lower is applied 
to a fixed length column the trailing spaces of the fixed length character are 
not preserved.

select cchar, concat(cchar, cchar), concat(lower(cchar), cchar), 
concat(upper(cchar), cchar) from tchar

create table  if not exists TCHAR ( RNUM int , CCHAR char(32 )    )
 ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' 
 STORED AS TEXTFILE  ;

0|\N
1|
2| 
3|BB
4|EE
5|FF



> string expressions on a fixed length character do not preserve trailing spaces
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-9537
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9537
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SQL
>            Reporter: N Campbell
>
> When a string expression such as upper or lower is applied to a fixed length 
> column the trailing spaces of the fixed length character are not preserved.
> {code:sql}
> CREATE TABLE  if not exists TCHAR ( 
> RNUM int, 
> CCHAR char(32)    
> )
> ROW FORMAT DELIMITED 
> FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' 
> LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' 
> STORED AS TEXTFILE;
> {code}
> {{cchar}} as a {{char(32)}}.
> {code:sql}
> select cchar, concat(cchar, cchar), concat(lower(cchar), cchar), 
> concat(upper(cchar), cchar) 
> from tchar;
> {code}
> 0|\N
> 1|
> 2| 
> 3|BB
> 4|EE
> 5|FF



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