limit on hive partition string length

[Ariel Marcus <ar...@openbi.com>]

Hey All,

Just wanted to bring to everyone's attention that there is a hard limit on
the length of the string that can be used for a hive partition.

Unless I am mistaken, the field that stores the partition string in the
metastore (PARTITIONS.PART_NAME) is a varchar(767).

That seems like a pretty reasonable limit to me, but just wanted to alert
you (all) about it.

Best,
Ariel
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