Github user GodenYao commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/pull/873#discussion_r77071575 --- Diff: pxf/pxf-hive/src/main/java/org/apache/hawq/pxf/plugins/hive/utilities/HiveUtilities.java --- @@ -256,4 +257,68 @@ private static boolean verifyIntegerModifiers(String[] modifiers) { throw new RuntimeException("Failed connecting to Hive MetaStore service: " + cause.getMessage(), cause); } } + + + /** + * Converts HAWQ type to hive type. The supported mappings are:<ul> + * <li>{@code BOOLEAN -> boolean}</li> + * <li>{@code SMALLINT -> smallint (tinyint is converted to smallint)}</li> + * <li>{@code BIGINT -> bigint}</li> + * <li>{@code TIMESTAMP -> timestamp}</li> + * <li>{@code NUMERIC -> decimal}</li> + * <li>{@code BYTEA -> binary}</li> + * <li>{@code INTERGER -> int}</li> + * <li>{@code TEXT -> string}</li> + * <li>{@code REAL -> float}</li> + * <li>{@code FLOAT8 -> double}</li> + * </ul> + * All other types (both in HAWQ and in HIVE) are not supported. + * + * @param type HAWQ data type + * @param name field name + * @return Hive type + * @throws UnsupportedTypeException if type is not supported + */ + public static String toCompatibleHiveType(DataType type) { + + EnumHiveToHawqType hiveToHawqType = EnumHiveToHawqType.getCompatibleHawqToHiveType(type); + return hiveToHawqType.getTypeName(); + } + + + + public static void validateTypeCompatible(DataType hawqDataType, Integer[] hawqTypeMods, String hiveType, String hawqColumnName) { + + EnumHiveToHawqType hiveToHawqType = EnumHiveToHawqType.getHiveToHawqType(hiveType); + EnumHawqType expectedHawqType = hiveToHawqType.getHawqType(); + + if (!expectedHawqType.getDataType().equals(hawqDataType)) { + throw new UnsupportedTypeException("Invalid definition for column " + hawqColumnName + + ": expected HAWQ type " + expectedHawqType.getDataType() + + ", actual HAWQ type " + hawqDataType); + } + + if ((hawqTypeMods == null || hawqTypeMods.length == 0) && expectedHawqType.isMandatoryModifiers()) + throw new UnsupportedTypeException("Invalid definition for column " + hawqColumnName + ": modifiers are mandatory for type " + expectedHawqType.getTypeName()); + --- End diff -- In the case of Hive: Char(xxx) with a fixed length to HAWQ: Char , length omitted, default to 1, we should give user information about the length from Hive: Char(xxx), so they can modify the table definition.
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