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Lefty Leverenz commented on HIVE-9587: -------------------------------------- Does this need user documentation? If so, it belongs here: * [Hive Operators and UDFs -- String Functions | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+UDF#LanguageManualUDF-StringFunctions] > UDF decode should accept STRING_GROUP types for the second parameter > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-9587 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9587 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: UDF > Reporter: Alexander Pivovarov > Assignee: Alexander Pivovarov > Fix For: 1.2.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-9587.1.patch, HIVE-9587.2.patch > > > 1. UDF decode should accept STRING_GROUP types for the second parameter > 2. Fix error messages. (replace Encode with Decode) > {code} > select decode(cast('A' as binary), cast('utf-8' as varchar(5))); > FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10016]: Line 1:59 Argument type mismatch > ''utf-8'': The second argument to Encode() must be a string > {code} > 3. remove unused imports > 4. add udf_decode.q test -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)