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  1. Spark
  2. SPARK-17916

CSV data source treats empty string as null no matter what nullValue option is

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.0.1
    • 2.4.0
    • SQL
    • None

    Description

      When user configures nullValue in CSV data source, in addition to those values, all empty string values are also converted to null.

      data:
col1,col2
1,"-"
2,""

      spark.read.format("csv").option("nullValue", "-")

      We will find a null in both rows.

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            maxgekk Max Gekk
            falaki Hossein Falaki
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