Mukvin opened a new issue, #17396: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/17396
### Apache Iceberg version 1.11.0 (latest release) ### Query engine Spark ### Please describe the bug 🐞 Hive 4.2 introduced basic VARIANT support via HIVE-29184, but Iceberg's `HiveSchemaUtil` still maps Iceberg `VARIANT` to `"unknown"`. ## Problem - Current mapping in `HiveSchemaUtil.convertToTypeString` returns `"unknown"` for Iceberg `VARIANT`. - This diverges from Hive 4.2 capability and from user expectation in Hive environments where VARIANT is supported. ## Proposal - Update Hive schema conversion for Iceberg `VARIANT` to return `"variant"`. - Update unit tests accordingly. ## Scope - `hive-metastore` schema conversion only. - No change to non-VARIANT mappings. ## References - HIVE-29184: Iceberg: Basic Variant type support in Hive (#6069) - Iceberg PR #15228 / #15964 historical discussion ### Willingness to contribute - [x] I can contribute a fix for this bug independently - [x] I would be willing to contribute a fix for this bug with guidance from the Iceberg community - [ ] I cannot contribute a fix for this bug at this time -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
