t was hoping to get some input on the idea before looking into the
> implementation myself.
>
> Some dialects of SQL, like BigQuery, use non-standard type names, e.g.
> STRING instead of VARCHAR. We would like to easily support type aliases for
> basic ones with a cle
upport type aliases for
basic ones with a clear mapping to ISO types, so that an expression like
CAST(x AS STRING) is equivalent to CAST(x AS VARCHAR). Does anybody
currently use Calcite in such a way or have any opinions on how the
solution should look?
Will
Will Noble created CALCITE-5346:
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Summary: Support for type aliases
Key: CALCITE-5346
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-5346
Project: Calcite
Issue Type: New Feature
