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Namit Jain commented on HIVE-2703: ---------------------------------- Re-opening. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3059 for details. > ResultSetMetaData.getColumnType() always returns VARCHAR(string) for > partition columns irrespective of partition column type > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2703 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: JDBC > Affects Versions: 0.8.0 > Reporter: Mythili Gopalakrishnan > Assignee: tamtam180 > Priority: Critical > Attachments: HIVE-2703.D2829.1.patch > > > ResultSetMetaData.getColumnType() always returns VARCHAR(string) as column > type, no matter what the column type is for the partition column. > However DatabaseMetadata.getColumnType() returns correct type. > Create a table with a partition column having a type other than string, you > will see that ResultSet.getColumnType() always returns string as the type for > int or boolean or float columns... -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira