Unable to read VARBINARY column from iceberg

[mannerni]

Hi, I have a VARBINARY column in my table. I'm able to INSERT the data into table/column (as byte[]) but while reading I'm getting it as some string and not able to identify how to read the same & convert back to byte[]. Need help in sharing proper steps (either insert or read) or identify if its potential issue in client.

Tried with both trino client & ADO - but unable to read correctly
Using direct method trino client: tried following attempt
var times = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(row[6] as string); // The byte[] returned when to given to decompress I get exception.

Using ADO: getting below exception
var dataTable = await records.BuildDataTableAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);// Note: Invalid cast from 'System.String' to 'System.Byte[]'."

Thanks & Regards!

[mannerni]

Hi, any guidance on this one?

[Kalbin2435]

Hi, i'm dealing with the same issue
are there any plans of fixing this?

[stephen-zhao]

Unfortunately I don't see too much movement on this repo at all. All of the pull requests since this spring have not been touched :(