Support string to numeric coercion
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
Queries such as `select 1 + "1";` should be supported by datafusion, but currently are not supported (expressions have incompatible types).
### Describe the solution you'd like
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### Describe alternatives you've considered
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### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files or tests, so start by tracing DataFusion's expression type compatibility for the query `select 1 + "1";`. Determine the intended string-to-numeric coercion behavior and add coverage showing that this query is accepted with the expected result.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust, sql
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100