Takahiko Saito created HIVE-14005: ------------------------------------- Summary: Changing a string column of ORC table to boolean change values to be 'NULL' Key: HIVE-14005 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-14005 Project: Hive Issue Type: Bug Components: Hive Affects Versions: 2.1.1 Reporter: Takahiko Saito
{noformat] 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> set hive.metastore.disallow.incompatible.col.type.changes=false; No rows affected (0.015 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> set hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=nonstrict; No rows affected (0.003 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> drop table test; No rows affected (0.224 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> create table test (s string) stored as orc; No rows affected (0.098 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> insert into table test values ('true'); No rows affected (1.091 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> select * from test; +---------+--+ | test.s | +---------+--+ | true | +---------+--+ 1 row selected (0.114 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> alter table test change column s s boolean; No rows affected (0.167 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> select * from test; +---------+--+ | test.s | +---------+--+ | NULL | +---------+--+ 1 row selected (0.098 seconds) {noformat} The issue is NOT seen with textfile formatted table: {noformat} 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> set hive.metastore.disallow.incompatible.col.type.changes=false; No rows affected (0.013 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> set hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=nonstrict; No rows affected (0.006 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> drop table test; No rows affected (0.224 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> create table test (s string) stored as textfile; No rows affected (0.116 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> insert into table test values ('true'); No rows affected (1.799 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> select * from test; +---------+--+ | test.s | +---------+--+ | true | +---------+--+ 1 row selected (0.085 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> alter table test change column s s boolean; No rows affected (0.141 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> 0: jdbc:hive2://os-r7-rcmpc-nat-u-hiveserver2> select * from test; +---------+--+ | test.s | +---------+--+ | true | +---------+--+ 1 row selected (0.093 seconds) {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)