Github user marmbrus commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/459#discussion_r11923407
--- Diff: sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUdfs.scala
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@@ -252,13 +275,17 @@ trait HiveInspectors {
/** Converts native catalyst types to the types expected by Hive */
def wrap(a: Any): AnyRef = a match {
- case s: String => new hadoopIo.Text(s)
+ case s: String => new hadoopIo.Text(s) // TODO why should be Text?
--- End diff --
This is a good question. Text is what seemed to work for the test cases,
but if there is some other type or way to know we should investigate that.
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