[SPARK-16646][SQL] LEAST and GREATEST doesn't accept numeric arguments with different data types #14294
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
This PR makes
LEASTandGREATESTaccept other numeric types (Decimal). This worked fine inHiveContextin 1.6 because , for example,1.5wasDoubleTypein there.So, this finds a tightest common type from both
IntegerTypeandDoubleTypeasDoubleType, then it works okay.But currently it seems
1.5is being treated asDecimalTypefor now. So, It casts 1.5 as decimal(2, 1). So, it fails to find a tightest common type from bothIntegerTypeandDecimalType(2, 1).This PR introduces new function
findTightestCommonTypeToDecimaldealing with decimals interacting with each other or with primitive types. This logic is borrowed from JSON schema inference.How was this patch tested?
Unit tests in
TypeCoercionSuiteandDataFrameFunctionsSuite.