fix: case
expressions type coercion
#5796
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Which issue does this PR close?
Closes #5694.
Rationale for this change
While building projection schema (initial planning step),
CASE
return type calculated as output type of firstWHEN ... THEN ...
which could potentially cause erroneous type coercions at later planning stages.What changes are included in this PR?
Output type of
CASE
expressions, while building projection schema, now considers all THEN-types and ELSE-type (if exists) and uses commonget_coerce_type_for_case_when
type coercion routine.Are these changes tested?
Test cases for
CASE
expression with mixed NULL/NOT NULL THEN/ELSE-types addedAre there any user-facing changes?
No