From b3dbb907130e4d8d34fcb0969c2f9602a79c65c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ritchie <ritchie46@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:48:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Raise on categorical search_sorted

---
 crates/polars-ops/src/series/ops/search_sorted.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/polars-ops/src/series/ops/search_sorted.rs b/crates/polars-ops/src/series/ops/search_sorted.rs
index 11e97ef489e8..17a8d2fb3560 100644
--- a/crates/polars-ops/src/series/ops/search_sorted.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-ops/src/series/ops/search_sorted.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ pub fn search_sorted(
     descending: bool,
 ) -> PolarsResult<IdxCa> {
     let original_dtype = s.dtype();
+
+    if s.dtype().is_categorical() {
+        polars_bail!(InvalidOperation: "'search_sorted' is not supported on dtype: {}", s.dtype())
+    }
+
     let s = s.to_physical_repr();
     let phys_dtype = s.dtype();