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Louis Kuang updated CALCITE-4841:
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    Description: 
Currently, the csv adapter does not support the numeric column type (see 
supported types in 
[CsvFieldType|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/4bc916619fd286b2c0cc4d5c653c96a68801d74e/file/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/file/CsvFieldType.java#L35].
 Any type that is not supported will be interpreted by the 
[CsvEnumerator|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/master/file/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/file/CsvEnumerator.java]
 as string.

When dealing with decimal numbers, the currently most appropriate type is 
`double`. However, this is not accurate enough for financial data. This feature 
request proposes adding a `numeric` column type that will be implemented by the 
Java `BigDecimal` type (and by conversion in 
[JavaToSqlTypeConversionRules|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/4bc916619fd286b2c0cc4d5c653c96a68801d74e/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/type/JavaToSqlTypeConversionRules.java#L74]
 be represented as a `Decimal` SQL type). This allow financial data to be 
represented and computed more accurately (`BigDecimal` has higher precision 
than `double`).

Please see sample implementation in PR.

Context: I am trying to leverage Calcite to add some SQL support to 
[ledger|https://www.ledger-cli.org/] reporting. 

  was:
Currently, the csv adapter does not support the numeric column type (see 
supported types in 
[CsvFieldType|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/4bc916619fd286b2c0cc4d5c653c96a68801d74e/file/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/file/CsvFieldType.java#L35].
 Any type that is not supported will be interpreted by the 
[CsvEnumerator|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/master/file/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/file/CsvEnumerator.java]
 as string.

When dealing with decimal numbers, the currently most appropriate type is 
`double`. However, this is not accurate enough for financial data. This feature 
request proposes adding a `numeric` column type that will be implemented by the 
Java `BigDecimal` type (and by conversion in 
[JavaToSqlTypeConversionRules|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/4bc916619fd286b2c0cc4d5c653c96a68801d74e/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/type/JavaToSqlTypeConversionRules.java#L74]
 be represented as a `Decimal` SQL type). This allow financial data to be 
represented and computed more accurately (`BigDecimal` has higher precision 
than `double`).

Please see sample implementation in PR.


> Support numeric column type in CSV and File adapter
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CALCITE-4841
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4841
>             Project: Calcite
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: csv-adapter, file-adapter
>            Reporter: Louis Kuang
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: pull-request-available
>          Time Spent: 40m
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> Currently, the csv adapter does not support the numeric column type (see 
> supported types in 
> [CsvFieldType|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/4bc916619fd286b2c0cc4d5c653c96a68801d74e/file/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/file/CsvFieldType.java#L35].
>  Any type that is not supported will be interpreted by the 
> [CsvEnumerator|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/master/file/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/file/CsvEnumerator.java]
>  as string.
> When dealing with decimal numbers, the currently most appropriate type is 
> `double`. However, this is not accurate enough for financial data. This 
> feature request proposes adding a `numeric` column type that will be 
> implemented by the Java `BigDecimal` type (and by conversion in 
> [JavaToSqlTypeConversionRules|https://github.com/apache/calcite/blob/4bc916619fd286b2c0cc4d5c653c96a68801d74e/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/sql/type/JavaToSqlTypeConversionRules.java#L74]
>  be represented as a `Decimal` SQL type). This allow financial data to be 
> represented and computed more accurately (`BigDecimal` has higher precision 
> than `double`).
> Please see sample implementation in PR.
> Context: I am trying to leverage Calcite to add some SQL support to 
> [ledger|https://www.ledger-cli.org/] reporting. 



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