John Sherman created HIVE-27563: ----------------------------------- Summary: Add typeof UDF Key: HIVE-27563 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-27563 Project: Hive Issue Type: Improvement Components: UDF Reporter: John Sherman Assignee: John Sherman
It would be useful to have a typeof UDF that returns a string describing the type of the argument. For example: SELECT typeof(int_column) FROM made_up_table would return: int This is useful for test purposes and debugging purposes. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)