[jira] [Created] (HIVE-6620) UDF printf doesn't take CHAR and VARCHAR as the first argument

[Xuefu Zhang (JIRA)]

Xuefu Zhang created HIVE-6620:
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             Summary: UDF printf doesn't take CHAR and VARCHAR as the first 
argument
                 Key: HIVE-6620
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6620
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: UDF
    Affects Versions: 0.12.0
            Reporter: Xuefu Zhang
            Assignee: Xuefu Zhang


{code}
hive> desc vc;
OK
c                       char(5)                 None                
vc                      varchar(7)              None                
s                       string                  None                

hive> select printf(c) from vc;
FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10016]: Line 1:14 Argument type mismatch 'c': 
Argument 1 of function PRINTF must be "string", but "char(5)" was found.
{code}

However, if the argument is string type, the query runs successfully.



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