[jira] [Commented] (HIVE-6766) HCatLoader always returns Char datatype with maxlength(255) when table format is ORC

["Sushanth Sowmyan (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sushanth Sowmyan commented on HIVE-6766:
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Patch looks good to me. [~alangates], could we please have a precommit test kicked off on this?

> HCatLoader always returns Char datatype with maxlength(255)  when table format is ORC
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-6766
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6766
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HCatalog
>    Affects Versions: 0.13.0
>            Reporter: Eugene Koifman
>            Assignee: Eugene Koifman
>            Priority: Critical
>         Attachments: HIVE-6766.patch
>
>
> attached patch contains
> org.apache.hive.hcatalog.pig.TestOrcHCatPigStorer#testWriteChar()
> which shows that char(5) value written to Hive (ORC) table using HCatStorer will come back as char(255) when read with HCatLoader.



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