Gengliang Wang created SPARK-34246: -------------------------------------- Summary: New implicit cast syntax rules in ANSI mode Key: SPARK-34246 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-34246 Project: Spark Issue Type: New Feature Components: SQL Affects Versions: 3.1.2 Reporter: Gengliang Wang Assignee: Gengliang Wang
Add new implicit cast syntax rules in ANSI mode. In Spark ANSI mode, the type coercion rules are based on the type precedence lists of the input data types. As per the section "Type precedence list determination" of "ISO/IEC 9075-2:2011 Information technology — Database languages - SQL — Part 2: Foundation (SQL/Foundation)", the type precedence lists of primitive data types are as following: * Byte: Byte, Short, Int, Long, Decimal, Float, Double * Short: Short, Int, Long, Decimal, Float, Double * Int: Int, Long, Decimal, Float, Double * Long: Long, Decimal, Float, Double * Decimal: Any wider Numeric type * Float: Float, Double * Double: Double * String: String * Date: Date, Timestamp * Timestamp: Timestamp * Binary: Binary * Boolean: Boolean * Interval: Interval As for complex data types, Spark will determine the precedent list recursively based on their sub-types. With the definition of type precedent list, the general type coercion rules are as following: * Data type S is allowed to be implicitly cast as type T iff T is in the precedence list of S * Comparison is allowed iff the data type precedence list of both sides has at least one common element. When evaluating the comparison, Spark casts both sides as the tightest common data type of their precedent lists. * There should be at least one common data type among all the children's precedence lists for the following operators. The data type of the operator is the tightest common precedent data type. * In * Except(odd) * Intersect * Greatest * Least * Union * If * CaseWhen * CreateArray * Array Concat * Sequence * MapConcat * CreateMap * For complex types (struct, array, map), Spark recursively looks into the element type and applies the rules above. If the element nullability is converted from true to false, add runtime null check to the elements. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org