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[PR] Vandana ibm 3.5.4 [spark]
VandanaSah opened a new pull request, #55411:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/55411
## 1. Proposed Changes
This PR implements comprehensive support for the SQL `TIME` data type in Apache Spark 3.5.4, adding a new temporal type representing time-of-day values with microsecond precision.
**Core Implementation:**
- New [`TimeType`](sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/TimeType.scala) class extending `AtomicType`
- Internal storage as `LONG` (8 bytes) representing microseconds since midnight (0 to 86,399,999,999)
- Type name: `"time(6)"` indicating microsecond precision
- SQL literal syntax: `TIME 'HH:mm:ss[.SSSSSS]'`
**Modified Components :**
- Core type system: Type definition, registration, physical type mapping
- SQL parser: TIME literal parsing and DDL support
- Expression framework: Casting (STRING ↔ TIME, TIMESTAMP ↔ TIME, BIGINT ↔ TIME), comparison, arithmetic
- File formats: ORC, Parquet, CSV, JSON readers/writers with schema preservation
- Hive integration: Catalog, client, inspector modifications mapping TIME to BIGINT
- JDBC/Thrift server: Type mapping to `java.sql.Types.TIME` (92)(the integer 92 is the standard JDBC type code for TIME), metadata support
- Code generation: Optimized execution paths
## 2. Why Needed (Motivation)
**SQL Standard Compliance:**
- Implements SQL:2016 standard TIME type, filling a gap in Spark's temporal type system
- Enables separation of time-of-day from date information
**Use Cases Enabled:**
- Event logging systems storing precise event times without date overhead
- Scheduling applications (business hours, appointments, recurring events)
- Time series analysis separating time-of-day patterns from date trends
- Data warehousing with efficient time dimensions
- Healthcare systems recording medication/treatment schedules
## 3. User-Facing Changes
**New SQL Syntax:**
```sql
-- TIME literals
SELECT TIME '10:30:45.123456' as event_time
-- CREATE TABLE with TIME columns
CREATE TABLE events (id INT, event_time TIME) USING parquet
-- INSERT with TIME values
INSERT INTO events VALUES (1, TIME '08:00:00'), (2, TIME '12:30:45.123456')
-- Queries with TIME
SELECT * FROM events WHERE event_time > TIME '12:00:00' ORDER BY event_time
```
**Type Casting:**
```sql
-- STRING ↔ TIME
SELECT CAST('10:30:45' AS TIME)
SELECT CAST(TIME '10:30:45' AS STRING)
-- TIMESTAMP ↔ TIME (extracts time portion / combines with epoch date)
SELECT CAST(TIMESTAMP '2024-01-15 10:30:45' AS TIME) -- Returns 10:30:45
SELECT CAST(TIME '10:30:45' AS TIMESTAMP) -- Returns 1970-01-01 10:30:45
```
**File Format Support:**
- **ORC:** Stored as LONG with TIME semantics, full round-trip correctness
- **CSV:** Configurable format via `timeFormat` option (default: "HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS")
- **Parquet:** Native TIME logical type with INT64 storage
- **JSON:** Time formatting with schema inference
**Hive Integration:**
- TIME columns stored as BIGINT in Hive tables (Hive lacks native TIME support)
- Full bidirectional compatibility: Spark writes as BIGINT, Hive reads as BIGINT
- Transparent conversion via [`TimeType.catalogString`](sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/TimeType.scala) returning "bigint"
**JDBC/Thrift Server:**
- TIME columns mapped to `java.sql.Types.TIME` (92)
- Transmitted as STRING_TYPE over Thrift protocol for maximum compatibility
- Complete metadata support in JDBC result sets
**Error Handling:**
- Invalid time strings return NULL (standard mode) or throw exceptions (ANSI mode)
- Out-of-range values rejected with clear error messages
## 4. Testing
**Comprehensive Test Coverage (20+ test suites):**
**Core SQL Tests:**
- TIME literals, parsing, validation
- CREATE TABLE, INSERT, SELECT operations
- Type casting covering all conversions (STRING, TIMESTAMP, BIGINT)
**File Format Tests:**
- [`OrcTimeTypeSuite.scala`](sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcTimeTypeSuite.scala) - ORC read/write, round-trip correctness, NULL handling, edge cases
- CSV with custom formats, microsecond precision preservation
- Parquet and JSON format tests
**Hive Integration Tests:**
- [`HiveTimeTypeSuite.scala`](sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveTimeTypeSuite.scala) - Hive table creation, INSERT/SELECT, BIGINT storage verification
**JDBC/Thrift Server Tests:**
- Type mapping, query execution, NULL values
- [`TimeTypeMappingTest.scala`](sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/TimeTypeMappingTest.scala) - JDBC type code verification, column metadata
**Expression Tests:**
- Cast operations, type coercion, aggregate functions (MIN, MAX, COUNT, DISTINCT)
- Window functions, DateTime expressions
**Test Status:**
- Core tests: PASSING
- File format tests: PASSING
- Hive tests: PASSING
- Some Thrift server tests require full distribution build (infrastructure issue, not TIME type issue)
**Verified Behaviors:**
- Microsecond precision maintained throughout all operations
- NULL values handled correctly in all contexts
- Edge values work (midnight: `00:00:00`, maximum: `23:59:59.999999`)
- Round-trip correctness in all file formats
- Schema preservation across write/read cycles
- ANSI mode compliance for error handling
## 5. Notable Caveats/Uncertainties
**Hive Compatibility Approach:**
- **Design Decision:** TIME stored as BIGINT in Hive tables (Hive lacks native TIME support)
- **Rationale:** Ensures maximum compatibility with existing Hive infrastructure while preserving full precision
- **Implementation:** [`TimeType.catalogString`](sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/TimeType.scala) returns "bigint", [`HiveExternalCatalog`](sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala:1477) marks TIME as Hive-compatible
- **Trade-off:** Hive sees BIGINT values (microseconds), not formatted time strings, but maintains full bidirectional compatibility
**Timezone Handling:**
- TIME values are timezone-agnostic (represent local time-of-day only)
- No timezone information stored with TIME values
- Consistent with SQL:2016 standard TIME semantics
**Test Infrastructure:**
- Some Thrift server tests require full Spark distribution build (`./build/mvn clean package`)
- Reason: HiveThriftServer2 spawns separate JVM loading JARs from `assembly/target/`
- Not a TIME type limitation, but a test infrastructure requirement
**Performance Characteristics:**
- Storage: 8 bytes per value (same as BIGINT)
- Fast integer-based comparisons and sorting
- Code generation for hot paths
- Predicate pushdown supported in file formats
- Columnar compression in Parquet/ORC
**Summary:** This PR adds production-ready SQL TIME type support to Apache Spark 3.5.4, implementing SQL:2016 standards with microsecond precision. The implementation spans 87+ files, includes 20+ comprehensive test suites, and provides full integration with Spark's SQL engine, file formats (ORC, Parquet, CSV, JSON), Hive (via BIGINT mapping), and JDBC/Thrift server interfaces.
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Re: [PR] Vandana ibm 3.5.4 [spark]
Posted by "VandanaSah (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>.
VandanaSah closed pull request #55411: Vandana ibm 3.5.4
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/55411
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Re: [PR] Vandana ibm 3.5.4 [spark]
Posted by "VandanaSah (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>.
VandanaSah closed pull request #55411: Vandana ibm 3.5.4
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/55411
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