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Posted to user@hive.apache.org by Kanwaljit Singh <ba...@gmail.com> on 2013/09/20 07:21:12 UTC

Re: De-serializing Thrift Optional fields

>
> Hi,
>
> We are creating a table by De-serializing thrift file. We end up with an
> extra hive column named *optionals* and of the type *struct<>*.
>
> This breaks the SELECT * option! How can we prevent it?
>

Re: De-serializing Thrift Optional fields

Posted by Edward Capriolo <ed...@gmail.com>.

Hive does not allow empty structs. You have to fill it with at least one
dummy column :)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Kanwaljit Singh <ba...@gmail.com>wrote:

> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are creating a table by De-serializing thrift file. We end up with an
> > extra hive column named *optionals* and of the type *struct<>*.
> >
> > This breaks the SELECT * option! How can we prevent it?
> >
>