query: FROM src SELECT cast('-30.33' as DOUBLE) GROUP BY cast('-30.33' as DOUBLE) LIMIT 1 Input: default/src Output: file:/home/kmangla/hive/build/ql/tmp/1948482853/10000 -30.33 query: FROM src SELECT '-30.33' GROUP BY '-30.33' LIMIT 1 Input: default/src Output: file:/home/kmangla/hive/build/ql/tmp/1059534144/10000 -30.33