Bug: Char and varchar partition columns throw MetaException
Status: Resolved | Priority: Major | Resolution: Fixed
Created: 04/Jun/20 07:27
Affects Version/s: 3.0.0

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CREATE TABLE t1(a STRING, B VARCHAR(10), C CHAR(10)) STORED AS parquet;
CREATE TABLE t2 USING parquet PARTITIONED BY (b, c) AS SELECT * FROM t1;
SELECT * FROM t2 WHERE b = 'A';
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Above SQL throws MetaException

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Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.spark.sql.hive.client.Shim_v0_13.getPartitionsByFilter(HiveShim.scala:810)
	... 114 more
Caused by: MetaException(message:Filtering is supported only on partition keys of type string, or integral types)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.parser.ExpressionTree$FilterBuilder.setError(ExpressionTree.java:184)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.parser.ExpressionTree$LeafNode.getJdoFilterPushdownParam(ExpressionTree.java:439)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.parser.ExpressionTree$LeafNode.generateJDOFilterOverPartitions(ExpressionTree.java:356)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.parser.ExpressionTree$LeafNode.generateJDOFilter(ExpressionTree.java:278)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.parser.ExpressionTree.generateJDOFilterFragment(ExpressionTree.java:583)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.makeQueryFilterString(ObjectStore.java:3315)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPartitionsViaOrmFilter(ObjectStore.java:2768)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.access$500(ObjectStore.java:182)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore$7.getJdoResult(ObjectStore.java:3248)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore$7.getJdoResult(ObjectStore.java:3232)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore$GetHelper.run(ObjectStore.java:2974)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPartitionsByFilterInternal(ObjectStore.java:3250)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPartitionsByFilter(ObjectStore.java:2906)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.invoke(RawStoreProxy.java:101)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy25.getPartitionsByFilter(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.get_partitions_by_filter(HiveMetaStore.java:5093)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invokeInternal(RetryingHMSHandler.java:148)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invoke(RetryingHMSHandler.java:107)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26.get_partitions_by_filter(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.listPartitionsByFilter(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1232)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:173)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy27.listPartitionsByFilter(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getPartitionsByFilter(Hive.java:2679)
	... 119 more
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