fix: incorrect nullability of Like expressions (apache#6829)

* fix: incorrect nullability of Like expr

* Improve the documentation for ScalarType

datafusion/common/src/scalar.rs

@@ -3802,7 +3802,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ScalarValue {
     }
 }
 
-/// Trait used to map a NativeTime to a ScalarType.
+/// Trait used to map a NativeType to a ScalarValue
 pub trait ScalarType<T: ArrowNativeType> {
     /// returns a scalar from an optional T
     fn scalar(r: Option<T>) -> ScalarValue;

datafusion/expr/src/expr_schema.rs

@@ -262,9 +262,11 @@ impl ExprSchemable for Expr {
                 ref right,
                 ..
             }) => Ok(left.nullable(input_schema)? || right.nullable(input_schema)?),
-            Expr::Like(Like { expr, .. }) => expr.nullable(input_schema),
-            Expr::ILike(Like { expr, .. }) => expr.nullable(input_schema),
-            Expr::SimilarTo(Like { expr, .. }) => expr.nullable(input_schema),
+            Expr::Like(Like { expr, pattern, .. })
+            | Expr::ILike(Like { expr, pattern, .. })
+            | Expr::SimilarTo(Like { expr, pattern, .. }) => {
+                Ok(expr.nullable(input_schema)? || pattern.nullable(input_schema)?)
+            }
             Expr::Wildcard => Err(DataFusionError::Internal(
                 "Wildcard expressions are not valid in a logical query plan".to_owned(),
             )),
@@ -449,6 +451,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(expr.nullable(&get_schema(false)).unwrap());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_like_nullability() {
+        let get_schema = |nullable| {
+            MockExprSchema::new()
+                .with_data_type(DataType::Utf8)
+                .with_nullable(nullable)
+        };
+
+        let expr = col("foo").like(lit("bar"));
+        assert!(!expr.nullable(&get_schema(false)).unwrap());
+        assert!(expr.nullable(&get_schema(true)).unwrap());
+
+        let expr = col("foo").like(lit(ScalarValue::Utf8(None)));
+        assert!(expr.nullable(&get_schema(false)).unwrap());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn expr_schema_data_type() {
         let expr = col("foo");