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David Scarlatti resolved HIVE-17724.
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Resolution: Not A Bug
Hive is Ok. The float data type can't handle that number.
> Cast from string to float gives strange result
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> Key: HIVE-17724
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17724
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.1.0
> Environment: Hive 1.1.0-cdh5.10.0
> Subversion
> file:///data0/jenkins/workspace/generic-package-ubuntu64-14-04/CDH5.10.0-Packaging-Hive-2017-01-20_11-52-43/hive-1.1.0+cdh5.10.0+859-1.cdh5.10.0.p0.71~trusty
> -r Unknown
> Reporter: David Scarlatti
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> this query:"select CAST ('1507284611' as int), CAST ('1507284611' as bigint),
> CAST ('1507284611' as float), CAST ('1507284611' as double), CAST
> ('1507284611' as decimal)"
> returns
> 1507284611 1507284611 1507284608 1507284611 1507284611
> cast as float is the only one changing the numeric value.
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