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Damien Carol updated HIVE-9537: ------------------------------- 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 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)