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Alan Gates reassigned PIG-1341: ------------------------------- Assignee: Alan Gates (was: Richard Ding) > BinStorage cannot convert DataByteArray to Chararray and results in > FIELD_DISCARDED_TYPE_CONVERSION_FAILED > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: PIG-1341 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1341 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: Bug > Components: impl > Affects Versions: 0.6.0 > Reporter: Viraj Bhat > Assignee: Alan Gates > Fix For: 0.9.0 > > Attachments: PIG-1341.patch > > > Script reads in BinStorage data and tries to convert a column which is in > DataByteArray to Chararray. > {code} > raw = load 'sampledata' using BinStorage() as (col1,col2, col3); > --filter out null columns > A = filter raw by col1#'bcookie' is not null; > B = foreach A generate col1#'bcookie' as reqcolumn; > describe B; > --B: {regcolumn: bytearray} > X = limit B 5; > dump X; > B = foreach A generate (chararray)col1#'bcookie' as convertedcol; > describe B; > --B: {convertedcol: chararray} > X = limit B 5; > dump X; > {code} > The first dump produces: > (36co9b55onr8s) > (36co9b55onr8s) > (36hilul5oo1q1) > (36hilul5oo1q1) > (36l4cj15ooa8a) > The second dump produces: > () > () > () > () > () > It also throws an error message: FIELD_DISCARDED_TYPE_CONVERSION_FAILED 5 > time(s). > Viraj -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.