Incorrect upload of string fields in FITS file

Question

Tried to upload via datalab mydb_import a FITS file that contains, among other data, string columns. However, when I later make "select * from mydb://tablename", I get only the first character from every string column. What can be wrong?

Answer 1

Thank you for the bug report.  The problem has been fixed and will be deployed to production shortly, I'll post a followup once it is ready, unfortunately there is no workaround at the moment other than to convert the file to CSV before uploading.