[jira] [Commented] (HIVE-3264) Add support for binary dataype to AvroSerde

["Eli Reisman (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Eli Reisman commented on HIVE-3264:
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The patch isn't stale yet (whew!), I'm working on a test...

                
> Add support for binary dataype to AvroSerde
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>                 Key: HIVE-3264
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3264
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Serializers/Deserializers
>    Affects Versions: 0.9.0
>            Reporter: Jakob Homan
>              Labels: patch
>         Attachments: HIVE-3264-1.patch, HIVE-3264-2.patch, HIVE-3264-3.patch, HIVE-3264-4.patch, HIVE-3264-5.patch
>
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> When the AvroSerde was written, Hive didn't have a binary type, so Avro's byte array type is converted an array of small ints.  Now that HIVE-2380 is in, this step isn't necessary and we can convert both Avro's bytes type and probably fixed type to Hive's binary type.

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