https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/ExecuteSQL-Processor-with-Parquet-record-writer/m-p/376178#M242802 <P><a href="https://community.cloudera.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/69735">@BillyG</a>, set the property "Use Avro Logical Types" to true if you would like to use anything else besides STRINGS :).</P> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:30:01 GMT cotopaul 2023-09-11T14:30:01Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/ExecuteSQL-Processor-with-Parquet-record-writer/m-p/376142#M242786 <P>I am working in NiFi 1.16 and trying to use ExecuteSQL processor to write out a Parquet file.&nbsp; My challenge is the decimal format is being changed to "LogicalType(STRING: StringType())".</P><P>The data is coming from an MS SQL server.&nbsp; We have tried to set the precision and scale, but still continues to come out in a string instead of a decimal.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Annotation 2023-09-08 131126.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.cloudera.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/39878iD2AFD1DAA27EEA85/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Annotation 2023-09-08 131126.png" alt="Annotation 2023-09-08 131126.png" /></span> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:48:52 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/ExecuteSQL-Processor-with-Parquet-record-writer/m-p/376142#M242786 BillyG 2026-04-21T06:48:52Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/ExecuteSQL-Processor-with-Parquet-record-writer/m-p/376178#M242802 <P><a href="https://community.cloudera.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/69735">@BillyG</a>, set the property "Use Avro Logical Types" to true if you would like to use anything else besides STRINGS :).</P> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:30:01 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/ExecuteSQL-Processor-with-Parquet-record-writer/m-p/376178#M242802 cotopaul 2023-09-11T14:30:01Z