opensearch-project / opensearch-project/sql
[FEATURE] Type Conversion - String to Numeric
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enhancement
PPL
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 176
- Forks
- 229
- Avg merge
- 2d 21h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 43
Description
What solution would you like?
In arithmetic or numeric comparisons, STRING may be implicitly cast to a numeric type if its contents are parseable, otherwise null. e.g. If the other side is integer/long → cast STRING to DOUBLE
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Research direction
The issue does not name any implementation files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the SQL type-conversion and numeric comparison logic, then review existing conversion behavior and tests; done means the requested implicit STRING-to-numeric behavior is defined and covered for parseable and unparseable values.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, sql
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100