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[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-2968) Add char(n), character(n), character varying(n), and varchar(n) as datatype aliases for string.

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2968?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Joey Echeverria updated HIVE-2968:
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    Description: MySQL and Postgres support char\(n), varchar\(n), character\(n), and character varying\(n) as data types. In Hive, those would map to strings. It would be useful to support these types as aliases when creating a table.  (was: MySQL and Postgres support char(n), varchar(n), character(n), and character varying(n) as data types. In Hive, those would map to strings. It would be useful to support these types as aliases when creating a table.)
    
> Add char(n), character(n), character varying(n), and varchar(n) as datatype aliases for string.
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>                 Key: HIVE-2968
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2968
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Joey Echeverria
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> MySQL and Postgres support char\(n), varchar\(n), character\(n), and character varying\(n) as data types. In Hive, those would map to strings. It would be useful to support these types as aliases when creating a table.

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