opensearch-project / opensearch-project/sql

[FEATURE] Type Conversion - String to Boolean

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enhancement PPL
Dominant language
Java
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Description

What solution would you like?
STRING may be implicitly cast to a boolean type if its contents are parseable, otherwise null.

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Research direction

The issue names no file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the existing type-conversion handling and tests for string and boolean values; done means parseable strings produce booleans, while unparseable strings produce null, with coverage for both cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, sql
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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