Brock Noland created HIVE-7868:
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Summary: AvroSerDe error handling could be improved
Key: HIVE-7868
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7868
Project: Hive
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Brock Noland
When an Avro schema is invalid, AvroSerDe returns an error message instead of
throwing an exception. This is described in
{{AvroSerdeUtils.determineSchemaOrReturnErrorSchema}}:
{noformat}
/**
* Attempt to determine the schema via the usual means, but do not throw
* an exception if we fail. Instead, signal failure via a special
* schema. This is used because Hive calls init on the serde during
* any call, including calls to update the serde properties, meaning
* if the serde is in a bad state, there is no way to update that state.
*/
{noformat}
I believe we should find a way to provide a better experience to our users.
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