[WIP][SPARK-29845][SQL]PostgreSQL dialect: cast to decimal #26518
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
cast to decimal behaviour in SparkSQL is made consistent with PostgreSQL when spark.sql.dialect is set to PostgreSQL.
Why are the changes needed?
SparkSQL and PostgreSQL behaviour is very different when casting to decimal.
For e.g:
select cast('abc' to decimal) in SparkSQL gives null.
select cast('abc' to decimal) in PostgreSQL gives "invalid input syntax for type numeric"
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes.
How was this patch tested?
Manually tested. Test cases will be added soon