influxdata / influxdata/influxdb

Automatic Int to Float conversion

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Description

Proposal:
Allow integers to automatically cast to floats if a field is already id'd as a float field

Current behavior:
Currently, when you try to insert an int to a float field, the record gets rejected.

Desired behavior:
It would be great to have the int cast as a float for record insertion. This way you are less likely to reject records that are otherwise fine.

Alternatives considered:
Alternatively, one could just cast everything to a float themselves, which is fair enough, but a lot of programming languages are okay with the widening of ints, so it seems strange that influxdb isn't.

Use case:
Why is this important (helps with prioritizing requests)? QOL change and standardization

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing InfluxDB's field-type validation and record-insertion path, then identify how existing float fields reject integer values. Done means integer writes are accepted for established float fields and coverage verifies the intended widening behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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