[jira] [Created] (HIVE-17032) HPL/SQL Comparisons are only supported with strings and integers

["Carter Shanklin (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Carter Shanklin created HIVE-17032:
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             Summary: HPL/SQL Comparisons are only supported with strings and integers
                 Key: HIVE-17032
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17032
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: hpl/sql
            Reporter: Carter Shanklin
            Priority: Critical


This bug is part of a series of issues and surprising behavior I encountered writing a reporting script that would aggregate values and give rows different classifications based on an the aggregate. Addressing some or all of these issues would make HPL/SQL more accessible to newcomers.

In Var.java:

{code}
  public int compareTo(Var v) {
    if (this == v) {
      return 0;
    }
    else if (v == null) {
      return -1;
    }
    else if (type == Type.BIGINT && v.type == Type.BIGINT) {
      return ((Long)value).compareTo((Long)v.value);
    }
    else if (type == Type.STRING && v.type == Type.STRING) {
      return ((String)value).compareTo((String)v.value);
    }
    return -1;
  }
{code}

It's surprising that comparisons with doubles and decimals (for example) don't work as expected.

Version = 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT r71f52d8ad512904b3f2c4f04fe39a33f2834f1f2



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