[jira] [Commented] (FLINK-3786) Add BigDecimal and BigInteger as Basic types

["Chesnay Schepler (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Chesnay Schepler commented on FLINK-3786:
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The JDBC formats would benefit from this as well, +1.

> Add BigDecimal and BigInteger as Basic types
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLINK-3786
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-3786
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Core
>            Reporter: Timo Walther
>            Assignee: Timo Walther
>
> We already had the discussion on the mailing list some months ago about adding BigDecimal and BigInteger as basic types.
> Especially for business or scientific applications it 
> makes sense to support the BigInteger and BigDecimal types natively. In 
> my opinion they are as important as Date or Void and should be added as 
> BasicTypes. The Table API would also benefit from it.
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/flink-dev/201511.mbox/%3C564CAD71.8070001@apache.org%3E



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