apache / apache/parquet-java

Decimal Statistics emitted by parquet-cpp are broken

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Component: Parquet Priority: Major Type: enhancement
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Description

PARQUET-1655 min/max statistics for Decimal logical types that are encoded as byte arrays or fixed length byte arrays are potentially broken.  All reader implementations should ignore/clear them for parquet for files written with a version included "parquet-cpp"

 

This serves as a parent tracking issue. To fix various readers.

**Reporter**: [Micah Kornfield](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=emkornfield) / @emkornfield

**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [PARQUET-2003](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2003). Please see the [migration documentation](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2502) for further details.*

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the reader implementations handling Decimal logical types and review PARQUET-1655; done means all affected readers ignore or clear min/max statistics for files written with parquet-cpp.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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