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[jira] [Commented] (PIG-2726) Handling legitimate NULL values

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Prasanth J commented on PIG-2726:
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This patch converts null values in dimensions to "unknown" and uses actual null value for rollup. For a sample input 

red, ,12

CUBE operator will now generate

red,unknown,12
 ,unknown,12
red, ,12
 , ,12

Please let me know if it is ok to go ahead with null for rollup? another alternative would be to use "*" or "all" to represent rollup value. 
                
> Handling legitimate NULL values
> -------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PIG-2726
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2726
>             Project: Pig
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>    Affects Versions: 0.11
>            Reporter: Prasanth J
>            Assignee: Prasanth J
>         Attachments: PIG-2726.1.patch
>
>
> Look into SQL/Oracle server for how they are handling legitimate NULL values in the input while performing operations like roll-up, filtering etc. Current implementation outputs NULL string which should be replaced by actual null value.

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Re: [jira] [Commented] (PIG-2726) Handling legitimate NULL values

Posted by Dmitriy Ryaboy <dv...@gmail.com>.
Approach as described seems sound to me. Will review path early next week. 

On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:46 PM, "Prasanth J (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org> wrote:

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> Prasanth J commented on PIG-2726:
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> 
> This patch converts null values in dimensions to "unknown" and uses actual null value for rollup. For a sample input 
> 
> red, ,12
> 
> CUBE operator will now generate
> 
> red,unknown,12
> ,unknown,12
> red, ,12
> , ,12
> 
> Please let me know if it is ok to go ahead with null for rollup? another alternative would be to use "*" or "all" to represent rollup value. 
> 
>> Handling legitimate NULL values
>> -------------------------------
>> 
>>                Key: PIG-2726
>>                URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2726
>>            Project: Pig
>>         Issue Type: Sub-task
>>   Affects Versions: 0.11
>>           Reporter: Prasanth J
>>           Assignee: Prasanth J
>>        Attachments: PIG-2726.1.patch
>> 
>> 
>> Look into SQL/Oracle server for how they are handling legitimate NULL values in the input while performing operations like roll-up, filtering etc. Current implementation outputs NULL string which should be replaced by actual null value.
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