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Aihua Xu updated HIVE-11596:
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Attachment: (was: HIVE-11596.patch)
> nvl(x, y) throws NPE if type x and type y doesn't match, rather than throwing
> the meaningful error
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> Key: HIVE-11596
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-11596
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Hive
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0
> Reporter: Aihua Xu
> Assignee: Aihua Xu
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.0.0
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> Attachments: HIVE-11596.patch
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> {noformat}
> create table test(key string);
> select nvl(key, true) from test;
> {noformat}
> The query above will throw NPE rather than the meaningful error "The first
> and seconds arguments of function NLV should have the same type".
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