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Paul Rogers reassigned DRILL-1553:
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Assignee: Paul Rogers
> Assign NULL value for empty fields in CSV data sources
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> Key: DRILL-1553
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-1553
> Project: Apache Drill
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Execution - Data Types
> Reporter: Andries Engelbrecht
> Assignee: Paul Rogers
> Fix For: Future
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> Ability for Drill to assign a NULL value to empty fields in CSV files.
> Option to be set at session or system level to implement this assignment.
> Avoids errors when casting to different data types without the need to check
> for empty fields first. Simplifies predicate filters and avoid potential
> mistakes. Allows for simplification of joins, especially with columns from
> different data sources.
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