maropu commented on a change in pull request #27965: [SPARK-31205][SQL] support 
string literal as the second argument of date_add/date_sub functions
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/27965#discussion_r395585654
 
 

 ##########
 File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/TypeCoercion.scala
 ##########
 @@ -1043,6 +1044,22 @@ object TypeCoercion {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * A special rule to support string literal as the second argument of 
date_add/date_sub functions,
+   * to keep backward compatibility.
+   * TODO: revisit the type coercion rules for string.
+   */
+  object StringLiteralCoercion extends TypeCoercionRule {
+    override protected def coerceTypes(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan 
resolveExpressions {
+      // Skip nodes who's children have not been resolved yet.
+      case e if !e.childrenResolved => e
+      case DateAdd(l, r) if r.dataType == StringType && r.foldable =>
+        DateAdd(l, AnsiCast(r, IntegerType))
 
 Review comment:
   Ah, yes. I rechecked the references of implicit casts in some databases, as 
you said, the case seems to be acceptable.

----------------------------------------------------------------
This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service.
To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the
URL above to go to the specific comment.
 
For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at:
[email protected]


With regards,
Apache Git Services

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]

Reply via email to