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Eric Hanson commented on HIVE-4271:
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I like this proposal. It will make life easier when the time comes have to
implement support for vectorized comparisons and arithmetic
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4160) for decimal, because the data
can be stored in an array of LONG or a pair of LONG values. This will enable
faster query execution. If there are defaults, please make the default be such
that the value will fit in 18 digits or less (a single LONG). Then the standard
integer arithmetic code path can be used for vectorized QE for the common case
for decimal. Users should be coached to use 18 digits or less for decimal
unless their app really needs more.
> Limit precision of decimal type
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>
> Key: HIVE-4271
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4271
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Gunther Hagleitner
> Assignee: Gunther Hagleitner
> Attachments: HIVE-4271.1.patch, HIVE-4271.2.patch, HIVE-4271.3.patch,
> HIVE-4271.4.patch
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> The current decimal implementation does not limit the precision of the
> numbers. This has a number of drawbacks. A maximum precision would allow us
> to:
> - Have SerDes/filformats store decimals more efficiently
> - Speed up processing by implementing operations w/o generating java
> BigDecimals
> - Simplify extending the datatype to allow for decimal(p) and decimal(p,s)
> - Write a more efficient BinarySortable SerDe for sorting/grouping/joining
> Exact numeric datatype are typically used to represent money, so if the limit
> is high enough it doesn't really become an issue.
> A typical representation would pack 9 decimal digits in 4 bytes. So, with 2
> longs we can represent 36 digits - which is what I propose as the limit.
> Final thought: It's easier to restrict this now and have the option to do the
> things above than to try to do so once people start using the datatype.
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