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Xuefu Zhang commented on HIVE-5655:
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As an update, I'm looking into the HBase test case failure, which I originally
thought unrelated. The other test failure is obvious. I just need to generate
.out file.
> Hive incorrecly handles divide-by-zero case
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>
> Key: HIVE-5655
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-5655
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Types
> Affects Versions: 0.10.0, 0.11.0, 0.12.0
> Reporter: Xuefu Zhang
> Assignee: Xuefu Zhang
> Attachments: HIVE-5655.1.patch, HIVE-5655.patch
>
>
> Unlike other databases, Hive currently has only one mode (default mode)
> regarding error handling, in which NULL value is returned. However, in case
> of divide-by-zero, Hive demonstrated a different behavior.
> {code}
> hive> select 5/0 from tmp2 limit 1;
> Total MapReduce jobs = 1
> ...
> Total MapReduce CPU Time Spent: 860 msec
> OK
> Infinity
> {code}
> The correct behaviour should be Hive returning NULL instead in order to be
> consistent w.r.t error handling. (BTW, the same situation is handled
> corrected for decimal type.)
> MySQL has server modes control the behaviour. By default, NULL is returned.
> For instance,
> {code}
> mysql> select 3/0 from dual;
> +------+
> | 3/0 |
> +------+
> | NULL |
> +------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
> {code}
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