Need to clarify how COUNT handles nulls ---------------------------------------
Key: PIG-1626 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1626 Project: Pig Issue Type: Bug Components: documentation Reporter: Olga Natkovich Assignee: Corinne Chandel Fix For: 0.8.0 The current documentation just states: "The COUNT function ignores NULL values. If you want to include NULL values in the count computation, use COUNT_STAR. " The new text should be something like "The COUNT function follows syntax semantics and ignores nulls. What this means is that a tuple in the bag will not be counted if the first field in this tuple is NULL. If you want to include NULL values in the count computation, use COUNT_STAR. " -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.