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Boris Tyukin commented on IMPALA-1652:
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we are migrating some data from SQL Server and Oracle and encountered this
issue as well. Most major databases follow ANSI/ISO SQL-92 specification
[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/316626/inf-how-sql-server-compares-strings-with-trailing-spaces]
any plans to bring Impala up to standard?
> Fix CHAR datatype: Incorrect results with basic predicate on CHAR typed
> column.
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> Key: IMPALA-1652
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-1652
> Project: IMPALA
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Backend
> Affects Versions: Impala 2.1, Impala 2.3.0
> Reporter: Alexander Behm
> Priority: Major
> Labels: correctness, downgraded, usability
>
> Repro:
> {code}
> create table foo(col1 char(10));
> insert into foo values (cast('test1' as char(10)));
> select * from foo where col1 = 'test1'; <-- returns an empty result set
> select * from foo where col1 = cast('test1' as char(10)); <-- correctly
> returns 1 row
> {code}
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