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Paul Rogers updated DRILL-6361:
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Summary: Provide sqlTypeOf() and modeOf() functions (was: Provide a
sqlTypeOf() or modeOf() function)
> Provide sqlTypeOf() and modeOf() functions
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> Key: DRILL-6361
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-6361
> Project: Apache Drill
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 1.13.0
> Reporter: Paul Rogers
> Priority: Minor
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> Drill provides a {{typeof()}} function to return the type of a column. The
> returned string, however, has only the base data type. A Drill data type (a
> "major type") also includes a cardinality (a "mode"). For example, {{Optional
> Int}} or {{Required VarChar}}.
> This type information is useful for handling data conversions. For example,
> if I could tell that a column value was a {{Nullable Int}}, I could guess
> that it is one Drill invented, and I could merge it, by hand, with the type
> from another file that had actual values.
> The two options are equivalent. Either provide a {{modeOf()}} to just return
> cardinality, or a {{dataTypeOf()}} that returns both. (Maybe the {{modeOf()}}
> might be more useful.)
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