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Mark Grover commented on HIVE-2693:
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Gunther, I see where you are coming from. However, in my opinion, a closer
analogy is {{new BigDecimal(Double.valueOf("0.99999999999999999").toString())}}
which is what's being done instead of {{new
BigDecimal(Double.valueOf("0.99999999999999999"))}} which was being done
previously.
I am inclined towards keeping the present behavior and documenting it. However,
if you feel strongly about not implicitly casting, I am happy to reconsider.
> Add DECIMAL data type
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>
> Key: HIVE-2693
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2693
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Query Processor, Types
> Affects Versions: 0.10.0
> Reporter: Carl Steinbach
> Assignee: Prasad Mujumdar
> Attachments: 2693_7.patch, 2693_8.patch, 2693_fix_all_tests1.patch,
> HIVE-2693-10.patch, HIVE-2693-11.patch, HIVE-2693-12-SortableSerDe.patch,
> HIVE-2693-13.patch, HIVE-2693-14.patch, HIVE-2693-15.patch,
> HIVE-2693-1.patch.txt, HIVE-2693-all.patch, HIVE-2693-fix.patch,
> HIVE-2693.patch, HIVE-2693-take3.patch, HIVE-2693-take4.patch
>
>
> Add support for the DECIMAL data type. HIVE-2272 (TIMESTAMP) provides a nice
> template for how to do this.
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