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Edward Capriolo commented on HIVE-4844: --------------------------------------- Ideally it would be best if by default the field has no parameters to not have to store any additional data in the metastore. > Add char/varchar data types > --------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-4844 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4844 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Types > Reporter: Jason Dere > Assignee: Jason Dere > Attachments: HIVE-4844.1.patch.hack > > > Add new char/varchar data types which have support for more SQL-compliant > behavior, such as SQL string comparison semantics, max length, etc. -- 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