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[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-8871) Hive Hbase Integration : Support for NULL value columns

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8871?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Jasper Knulst updated HIVE-8871:
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    Description: 
If you map a Hive column to a Hbase CF where the CF only has qualifiers but no values, Hive always outputs ' {} ' for that key. This hides the fact that qualifiers do exist within the CF. As soon as you put a single byte (like a space) as value you'll get a return like this ' {"20140911"," "} in Hive.

Since it is a common data modelling technique in Hbase to not use the value (and essentially use the qualifier in a CF as value holder) I think it would be worthwhile to have some support for this in the Hbase handler. 

A solution could be to show a data structure like  CF:qualifier:<NULL> like this: {"20140911",""}
, where '20140911' is the qualifier and NULL value in Hbase are shown as empty json strings.

CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE hb_test (
  userhash string,
  count bigint,
  dates map<string,string>)
STORED BY 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseStorageHandler'
WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
  "hbase.columns.mapping" =
  ":key,SUM:COUNT,DATES:",
"hbase.table.default.storage.type" = "binary"
)
TBLPROPERTIES("hbase.table.name" = "test");

  was:
If you map Hive to a Hbase table where one CF only has qualifiers but no values, Hive always outputs ' {} ' for that key. As soon as you put a single byte (like a space) as value you'll get a return like this ' {"20140911"," "}.



Since it is a common data modelling technique in Hbase to not use the value (and essentially use the qualifier in a CF as value holder) I think it would be worthwhile to have some support for this in the Hbase handler. 

A solution could be to show a data structure like  CF:qualifier:<NULL> like this: {"20140911",""}
, where '20140911' is the qualifier and NULL value in Hbase are shown as empty json strings.

CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE hb_test (
  userhash string,
  count bigint,
  dates map<string,string>)
STORED BY 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseStorageHandler'
WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
  "hbase.columns.mapping" =
  ":key,SUM:COUNT,DATES:",
"hbase.table.default.storage.type" = "binary"
)
TBLPROPERTIES("hbase.table.name" = "test");


> Hive Hbase Integration : Support for NULL value  columns
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-8871
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8871
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HBase Handler
>    Affects Versions: 0.10.0
>            Reporter: Jasper Knulst
>              Labels: features
>
> If you map a Hive column to a Hbase CF where the CF only has qualifiers but no values, Hive always outputs ' {} ' for that key. This hides the fact that qualifiers do exist within the CF. As soon as you put a single byte (like a space) as value you'll get a return like this ' {"20140911"," "} in Hive.
> Since it is a common data modelling technique in Hbase to not use the value (and essentially use the qualifier in a CF as value holder) I think it would be worthwhile to have some support for this in the Hbase handler. 
> A solution could be to show a data structure like  CF:qualifier:<NULL> like this: {"20140911",""}
> , where '20140911' is the qualifier and NULL value in Hbase are shown as empty json strings.
> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE hb_test (
>   userhash string,
>   count bigint,
>   dates map<string,string>)
> STORED BY 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseStorageHandler'
> WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
>   "hbase.columns.mapping" =
>   ":key,SUM:COUNT,DATES:",
> "hbase.table.default.storage.type" = "binary"
> )
> TBLPROPERTIES("hbase.table.name" = "test");



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