[jira] [Resolved] (IMPALA-2172) length(CHAR) doesn't consider trailing space

["Tim Armstrong (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-2172?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Tim Armstrong resolved IMPALA-2172.
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    Resolution: Not A Bug

> length(CHAR) doesn't consider trailing space
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IMPALA-2172
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-2172
>             Project: IMPALA
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Backend
>    Affects Versions: Impala 2.0, Impala 2.1, Impala 2.2
>            Reporter: Juan Yu
>            Priority: Minor
>
> CHAR is represented in memory as a byte array with the same size as the length specification. 
> length(CHAR) returns the total length including trailing space on some databases (see Oracle's behavior, http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions076.htm)
> In Impala it returns the trimmed length:
> {code}
> Query: select length(cast('a  ' as char(4)))
> +--------------------------------+
> | length(cast('a  ' as char(4))) |
> +--------------------------------+
> | 1                              |
> +--------------------------------+
> {code}
> For workaround, you can use char_length to get correct length for CHAR type.
> {code}
> Query: select char_length(cast('a  ' as char(4)))
> +-------------------------------------+
> | char_length(cast('a  ' as char(4))) |
> +-------------------------------------+
> | 4                                   |
> +-------------------------------------+
> {code}
> Impala's behaviour is consistent with other databases including Mysql and Postgresql



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