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For varchar data min() Aggregator function

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Hi,

My source is sequential file with varchar data. while doing the min() aggregation to the varchar data the, the output am getting in the hexa decimal format.

How to avoid this?

Please give me the solution.


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What are the input and output values? In particular what is the hex value, and can the input contain nulls?
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