[jira] Updated: (PIG-1341) BinStorage cannot convert DataByteArray to Chararray and results in FIELD_DISCARDED_TYPE_CONVERSION_FAILED

["Olga Natkovich (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1341?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Olga Natkovich updated PIG-1341:
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    Fix Version/s: 0.9.0

> BinStorage cannot convert DataByteArray to Chararray and results in FIELD_DISCARDED_TYPE_CONVERSION_FAILED
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PIG-1341
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1341
>             Project: Pig
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: impl
>    Affects Versions: 0.6.0
>            Reporter: Viraj Bhat
>            Assignee: Richard Ding
>             Fix For: 0.9.0
>
>         Attachments: PIG-1341.patch
>
>
> Script reads in BinStorage data and tries to convert a column which is in DataByteArray to Chararray. 
> {code}
> raw = load 'sampledata' using BinStorage() as (col1,col2, col3);
> --filter out null columns
> A = filter raw by col1#'bcookie' is not null;
> B = foreach A generate col1#'bcookie'  as reqcolumn;
> describe B;
> --B: {regcolumn: bytearray}
> X = limit B 5;
> dump X;
> B = foreach A generate (chararray)col1#'bcookie'  as convertedcol;
> describe B;
> --B: {convertedcol: chararray}
> X = limit B 5;
> dump X;
> {code}
> The first dump produces:
> (36co9b55onr8s)
> (36co9b55onr8s)
> (36hilul5oo1q1)
> (36hilul5oo1q1)
> (36l4cj15ooa8a)
> The second dump produces:
> ()
> ()
> ()
> ()
> ()
> It also throws an error message: FIELD_DISCARDED_TYPE_CONVERSION_FAILED 5 time(s).
> Viraj

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