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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-8918

Wrong result for CAST(AVG(bigint_column) AS SIGNED)

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed (View Workflow)
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 10.0, 10.1
    • 10.1.8
    • OTHER
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    Description

      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
      CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT, a BIGINT);
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF),(2,0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF);
      SELECT id, AVG(a) AS avg, CAST(MIN(a) AS SIGNED) AS cast_min FROM t1 GROUP BY id HAVING avg!=123 ORDER BY id;

      returns

      +------+--------------------------+---------------------+
      | id   | avg                      | cast_min            |
      +------+--------------------------+---------------------+
      |    1 | 9223372036854775807.0000 | 9223372036854775807 |
      |    2 | 9223372036854775807.0000 | 9223372036854775807 |
      +------+--------------------------+---------------------+

      So far so good. Now if I change MIN to AVG:

      SELECT id, AVG(a) AS avg, CAST(AVG(a) AS SIGNED) AS cast_avg FROM t1 GROUP BY id HAVING avg!=123 ORDER BY id;

      it erroneously returns negative numbers:

      +------+--------------------------+----------------------+
      | id   | avg                      | cast_avg             |
      +------+--------------------------+----------------------+
      |    1 | 9223372036854775807.0000 | -9223372036854775808 |
      |    2 | 9223372036854775807.0000 | -9223372036854775808 |
      +------+--------------------------+----------------------+

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