edubraqd opened a new issue, #24937:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/24937

   ### Describe the bug
   
   `ScalarValue::partial_cmp` for list values (`partial_cmp_list` in 
`datafusion/common/src/scalar/mod.rs`) compares the elements with the 
`arrow::compute::kernels::cmp::lt` / `eq` kernels. Those kernels reject nested 
element types, so the comparison returns `None` and callers report an internal 
error. `min` / `max` are the most visible callers, but anything that orders 
list scalars is affected.
   
   ### To Reproduce
   
   ```sql
   SELECT min(column1), max(column1) FROM VALUES ([[1, 2]]), ([[1, 3]]);
   ```
   
   ```text
   Internal error: Uncomparable values: List([[1, 2]]), List([[1, 3]]).
   This issue was likely caused by a bug in DataFusion's code. Please help us 
to resolve this by filing a bug report in our issue tracker: 
https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues
   ```
   
   Same for a list of structs: `SELECT min(column1) FROM VALUES ([struct(1, 
'a')]), ([struct(2, 'b')]);`
   
   Comparing the same values with the binary operators (`[[1, 2]] < [[1, 3]]`) 
works, since that path uses the array comparison kernels directly.
   
   ### Expected behavior
   
   Lists of nested values compare lexicographically like lists of primitives 
do, so `min` returns `[[1, 2]]` and `max` returns `[[1, 3]]`.
   
   ### Additional context
   
   Found while running a corpus of aggregate queries over nested types against 
`datafusion-cli`.
   


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