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Sean Hsuan-Yi Chu resolved DRILL-3214.
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Resolution: Not A Problem
> Config option to cast empty string to null does not cast empty string to null
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>
> Key: DRILL-3214
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3214
> Project: Apache Drill
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Functions - Drill
> Affects Versions: 1.0.0
> Environment: faec150598840c40827e6493992d81209aa936da
> Reporter: Khurram Faraaz
> Assignee: Sean Hsuan-Yi Chu
> Fix For: 1.1.0
>
>
> Config option drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null does not seem to
> be working as designed.
> Disable casting of empty strings to null.
> {code}
> 0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs.tmp> alter session set
> `drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null` = false;
> +-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
> | ok | summary |
> +-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
> | true | drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null updated. |
> +-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
> 1 row selected (0.078 seconds)
> {code}
> In this query we see empty strings are retained in query output in columns[1].
> {code}
> 0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs.tmp> SELECT columns[0], columns[1], columns[2] from
> `threeColsDouble.csv`;
> +----------+---------+---------+
> | EXPR$0 | EXPR$1 | EXPR$2 |
> +----------+---------+---------+
> | 156 | 234 | 12222 |
> | 2653543 | 434 | 0 |
> | 367345 | 567567 | 23 |
> | 34554 | 1234 | 45 |
> | 4345 | 567678 | 19876 |
> | 34556 | 0 | 1109 |
> | 5456 | -1 | 1098 |
> | 6567 | | 34534 |
> | 7678 | 1 | 6 |
> | 8798 | 456 | 243 |
> | 265354 | 234 | 123 |
> | 367345 | | 234 |
> | 34554 | 1 | 2 |
> | 4345 | 0 | 10 |
> | 34556 | -1 | 19 |
> | 5456 | 23423 | 345 |
> | 6567 | 0 | 2348 |
> | 7678 | 1 | 2 |
> | 8798 | | 45 |
> | 099 | 19 | 17 |
> +----------+---------+---------+
> 20 rows selected (0.13 seconds)
> {code}
> Casting empty strings to integer leads to NumberFormatException
> {code}
> 0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs.tmp> SELECT columns[0], cast(columns[1] as int),
> columns[2] from `threeColsDouble.csv`;
> Error: SYSTEM ERROR: java.lang.NumberFormatException:
> Fragment 0:0
> [Error Id: b08f4247-263a-460d-b37b-91a70375f7ba on centos-03.qa.lab:31010]
> (state=,code=0)
> {code}
> Enable casting empty string to null.
> {code}
> 0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs.tmp> alter session set
> `drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null` = true;
> +-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
> | ok | summary |
> +-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
> | true | drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null updated. |
> +-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
> 1 row selected (0.077 seconds)
> {code}
> Run query
> {code}
> 0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs.tmp> SELECT columns[0], cast(columns[1] as int),
> columns[2] from `threeColsDouble.csv`;
> Error: SYSTEM ERROR: java.lang.NumberFormatException:
> Fragment 0:0
> [Error Id: de633399-15f9-4a79-a21f-262bd5551207 on centos-03.qa.lab:31010]
> (state=,code=0)
> {code}
> Note from the output of below query that the empty strings are not casted to
> null, although drill.exec.functions.cast_empty_string_to_null was set to true.
> {code}
> 0: jdbc:drill:schema=dfs.tmp> SELECT columns[0], columns[1], columns[2] from
> `threeColsDouble.csv`;
> +----------+---------+---------+
> | EXPR$0 | EXPR$1 | EXPR$2 |
> +----------+---------+---------+
> | 156 | 234 | 12222 |
> | 2653543 | 434 | 0 |
> | 367345 | 567567 | 23 |
> | 34554 | 1234 | 45 |
> | 4345 | 567678 | 19876 |
> | 34556 | 0 | 1109 |
> | 5456 | -1 | 1098 |
> | 6567 | | 34534 |
> | 7678 | 1 | 6 |
> | 8798 | 456 | 243 |
> | 265354 | 234 | 123 |
> | 367345 | | 234 |
> | 34554 | 1 | 2 |
> | 4345 | 0 | 10 |
> | 34556 | -1 | 19 |
> | 5456 | 23423 | 345 |
> | 6567 | 0 | 2348 |
> | 7678 | 1 | 2 |
> | 8798 | | 45 |
> | 099 | 19 | 17 |
> +----------+---------+---------+
> 20 rows selected (0.125 seconds)
> {code}
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