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Eric Hanson updated HIVE-4821: ------------------------------ Description: Implement vectorized support for casting from any type to any type. >From the documentation: cast(expr as <type>): Converts the results of the expression expr to <type> e.g. cast('1' as BIGINT) will convert the string '1' to it integral representation. A null is returned if the conversion does not succeed The current supported internal types are: LONG DOUBLE STRING TIMESTAMP Before implementation, determine what are the semantics of explicit casting to types less general than the internal types. E.g. what if you cast DOUBLE to TINYINT? Can we just cast internally to LONG and let the output process cast to TINYINT? was: Implement vectorized support for casting from any type to any type. cast(expr as <type>): Converts the results of the expression expr to <type> e.g. cast('1' as BIGINT) will convert the string '1' to it integral representation. A null is returned if the conversion does not succeed Summary: Implement vectorized type casting for all types (was: Implement type casting for all types) > Implement vectorized type casting for all types > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-4821 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4821 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Sub-task > Affects Versions: vectorization-branch > Reporter: Eric Hanson > > Implement vectorized support for casting from any type to any type. > From the documentation: > cast(expr as <type>): Converts the results of the expression expr to <type> > e.g. cast('1' as BIGINT) will convert the string '1' to it integral > representation. A null is returned if the conversion does not succeed > The current supported internal types are: > LONG > DOUBLE > STRING > TIMESTAMP > Before implementation, determine what are the semantics of explicit casting > to types less general than the internal types. E.g. what if you cast DOUBLE > to TINYINT? Can we just cast internally to LONG and let the output process > cast to TINYINT? -- 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