Hi , Can someone help me guide through to start with update the Drill documentation by adding the missing functions ? Appreciate the pointers / link to update the Drill doc and how can I gather all the information and create the JIRA for it ?
Thanks, Divya On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 at 01:06, Paul Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Divya, > > Would be great to add to the docs. First step is to gather the info in a > JIRA ticket. Then, someone (thanks for volunteering) can update the various > tables in the docs. > > I believe that the documentation is generated via some process other than > a direct edit of the MD files in the repo. Perhaps someone can fill in the > details about how to update the material. > > When writing the Learning Apache Drill book, Charles found that many > functions are not documented in the "official" documentation. Would be > great to review the function tables in the book and apply any missing > information to the Drill documentation. > > Thanks, > - Paul > > > > On Friday, August 16, 2019, 08:25:14 AM PDT, Divya Gehlot < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Can we add this as part of Drill Function docs , will be useful for other > ppl as well ? > I can help to add , unsure if I have access to edit Drill doc > > Thanks , > Divya > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 01:04, Paul Rogers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Dave, > > > > As it turns out, improving the detail in function documentation is a > > long-standing request. The historical answer has been to either 1) read > the > > code, or 2) try it with a test query. > > > > You can use the sqlTypeOf() function to learn the answer to your > question: > > > > SELECT sqlTypeOf(cast(1 AS INT) / cast(2 AS INT)) FROM values(1) > > > > Charles Givre patiently tracked down and documented all the Drill > > functions in his appendix to our book "Learning Apache Drill." But, even > > there, the level of detail you request is missing. > > > > Maybe, once you do the research to find the answers you want, you could > > submit a Documentation JIRA ticket with the results so that it can be > added > > to the documentation. > > > > Thanks, > > - Paul > > > > > > > > On Thursday, August 15, 2019, 03:55:11 AM PDT, Dave Challis < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is there any documentation out there on how mathematical functions are > > handled when operating on different types? > > > > E.g.: > > > > * would integer division of 1 / 2 produce a float or double of 0.5? Or an > > integer of the same type set to 0? > > > > * if two INT are multipled and produce a result larger than INT can > > support, is the result returned as a BIGINT? > > >
