VARCHAR/CHAR columns should be converted to unicode

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Python DB API 2.0 client for Impala and Hive (HiveServer2 protocol)

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VARCHAR/CHAR columns should be converted to unicode #457

Closed attilajeges closed 3 years ago

attilajeges commented 3 years ago

Thrift returns VARCHAR and CHAR column type values as utf-8 byte-sequences. Impyla should convert these values to unicode strings when posssible in Python3. Impyla already handles STRING column type this way.

Testing:

Extended the corresponding unit test for STRING to test VARCHAR and CHAR values as well.