What is the create table statement? Do you parse the tblproperties in the HiveSerde? Do you have exceptions in the log?
> On 19 Dec 2016, at 07:02, Chris Teoh <chris.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there, > > Can anyone confirm whether TBLPROPERTIES in DDLs are ignored by custom > inputformats in the context of a UDAF? > > I've written a custom input format and it works with a SELECT * but when I > do anything more like SELECT count(*) it returns 0. > > INSERT INTO <table> SELECT * FROM <my custom inputformat table> doesn't > appear to insert anything into the table. > > I found I had to use the "set" commands to make things work rather than use > DDL. This doesn't appear to make sense if the setting is specific to the > table and would cause problems if I was working with more than one table > and needed different values for the same setting. > > Kind regards > Chris