Details
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Bug
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Status: Open (View Workflow)
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Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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5.5, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
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None
Description
I run this script:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2,t3; |
CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(1), b CHAR(2)); |
CREATE TABLE t2 AS SELECT COALESCE(a,b) AS c FROM t1; |
CREATE TABLE t3 AS SELECT a FROM t1 UNION SELECT b FROM t1; |
DESC t2; |
DESC t3; |
It produces these two result sets:
+-------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
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+-------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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| c | varchar(2) | YES | | NULL | |
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+-------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
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+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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| a | char(2) | YES | | NULL | |
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+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
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Notice:
- CHAR + CHAR gives VARCHAR in COALESCE
- CHAR + CHAR gives CHAR in UNION
The latter looks more correct.
Hybrid functions should be fixed to preserve the data type.