Takahiko Saito created HIVE-13914: ------------------------------------- Summary: Changing a column of orc table from float to double adds some fractional digits Key: HIVE-13914 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-13914 Project: Hive Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.1.0 Reporter: Takahiko Saito
Some fractional digits are added after altering a float column of an orc table to double: {noformat} 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> drop table test; No rows affected (0.233 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> create table test (f float) stored as orc; No rows affected (0.095 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> insert into table test values(-35664.76),(29497.34); No rows affected (2.206 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> select * from test; +------------+--+ | test.f | +------------+--+ | -35664.76 | | 29497.34 | +------------+--+ 2 rows selected (0.131 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> alter table test change column f f double; No rows affected (0.183 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> select * from test; +------------------+--+ | test.f | +------------------+--+ | -35664.76171875 | | 29497.33984375 | +------------------+--+ 2 rows selected (0.114 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> {noformat} The issue is NOT seen with text formatted table: {noformat} 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> create table test (f float) ; No rows affected (0.131 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> insert into table test values(-35664.76),(29497.34); No rows affected (2.114 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> select * from test; +------------+--+ | test.f | +------------+--+ | -35664.76 | | 29497.34 | +------------+--+ 2 rows selected (0.163 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> alter table test change column f f double; No rows affected (0.184 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-mvjkcu-hiveserver2-11-4> select * from test; +------------+--+ | test.f | +------------+--+ | -35664.76 | | 29497.34 | +------------+--+ 2 rows selected (0.11 seconds) {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)