Github user viirya commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/20023#discussion_r158207539 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/DecimalType.scala --- @@ -136,10 +137,54 @@ object DecimalType extends AbstractDataType { case DoubleType => DoubleDecimal } + private[sql] def forLiteral(literal: Literal): DecimalType = literal.value match { + case v: Short => fromBigDecimal(BigDecimal(v)) + case v: Int => fromBigDecimal(BigDecimal(v)) + case v: Long => fromBigDecimal(BigDecimal(v)) + case _ => forType(literal.dataType) + } + + private[sql] def fromBigDecimal(d: BigDecimal): DecimalType = { + DecimalType(Math.max(d.precision, d.scale), d.scale) + } + private[sql] def bounded(precision: Int, scale: Int): DecimalType = { DecimalType(min(precision, MAX_PRECISION), min(scale, MAX_SCALE)) } + // scalastyle:off line.size.limit + /** + * Decimal implementation is based on Hive's one, which is itself inspired to SQLServer's one. + * In particular, when a result precision is greater than {@link #MAX_PRECISION}, the + * corresponding scale is reduced to prevent the integral part of a result from being truncated. + * + * For further reference, please see + * https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlprogrammability/2006/03/29/multiplication-and-division-with-numerics/. --- End diff -- Not sure if this blog link can be available for long time.
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