alamb commented on code in PR #12610:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12610#discussion_r1774984617


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datafusion/sql/src/unparser/expr.rs:
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@@ -219,12 +219,24 @@ impl Unparser<'_> {
             }
             Expr::Cast(Cast { expr, data_type }) => {
                 let inner_expr = self.expr_to_sql_inner(expr)?;
-                Ok(ast::Expr::Cast {
-                    kind: ast::CastKind::Cast,
-                    expr: Box::new(inner_expr),
-                    data_type: self.arrow_dtype_to_ast_dtype(data_type)?,
-                    format: None,
-                })
+                match data_type {
+                    DataType::Dictionary(_, _) => match inner_expr {
+                        // Dictionary values don't need to be cast to other 
types when rewritten back to sql

Review Comment:
   this is another example of where logical types as discussed in #11513  might 
make sense



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