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Kristine Hahn commented on DRILL-2646:
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The section you're reviewing isn't ready yet. Need the 0.8 sandbox before I can
write the doc.
> CONVERT_TO/CONVERT_FROM syntax (arguments) not specified
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> Key: DRILL-2646
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-2646
> Project: Apache Drill
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Documentation
> Reporter: Daniel Barclay (Drill)
> Assignee: Kristine Hahn
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> On the SQL Functions page at http://drill.apache.org/docs/sql-functions/, the
> section on the CONVERT_TO and CONVERT_FROM functions never specifies the
> syntax (doesn't specify how many parameters each takes, which parameter is
> which) or semantics (including what the parameters are).
> Additionally, the name "Type" for the first column is confusing, since the
> values in that column do not seem to be Drill SQL types. Would something
> roughly like "type specifier" or "conversion specifier" be more accurate?
> Also, the connection between the values in the Type column and the functions
> isn't clear. Besides their being no specification of the parameters (to say
> where a value from the Type would go), the example at the end of the section
> doesn't use any of the values in the Type column (or, in fact, any value in
> the whole table). (If the string literal "'JSON'" in that CONVERT_FROM is an
> example of the kind of thing listed in the Type column, then why isn't "JSON"
> listed in that column (and what else is missing)?
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