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caofangkun commented on HIVE-4536: ---------------------------------- This is a Java Rounding Double issue and not a bug of Hive. Not only Java but also other languages exhibit similar behaviour. > INSERT OVERWRITE LOCAL DIRECTORY sum() function will write error result to > local file > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-4536 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4536 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.8.1 > Reporter: sutao bian > > When i use insert overwrite local directory to sum, it will write a error > result > 729.4000000000001 . the correct result is 729.4. > sometimes it will write correct result ,sometimes it write erro result. > hive -S -e " INSERT OVERWRITE LOCAL DIRECTORY '/opt/data/data1' select > concat(year,'-',month,'-',day),flog_appid,case when flog_country ='null' then > 'UNKNOW' else flog_country end,sum(flog_expense) from tbl_ad_finance_log > where year='${YEAR}' and month='${MONTH}' and day='${DAY}' group by > flog_appid,case when flog_country ='null' then 'UNKNOW' else flog_country > end,concat(year,'-',month,'-',day)" > 2013-05-09^A72665@5136b689dc317bc003000003^AIN^A729.4000000000001 > hive -S -e " INSERT OVERWRITE LOCAL DIRECTORY '/opt/data/data2' select > concat(year,'-',month,'-',day),flog_appid,case when flog_country ='null' then > 'UNKNOW' else flog_country end,sum(flog_expense) from tbl_ad_finance_log > where year='${YEAR}' and month='${MONTH}' and day='${DAY}' group by > flog_appid,case when flog_country ='null' then 'UNKNOW' else flog_country > end,concat(year,'-',month,'-',day)" > 2013-05-09^A72665@5136b689dc317bc003000003^AIN^A729.4 > Thanks in advance. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira