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Xuefu Zhang commented on HIVE-8017: ----------------------------------- {quote} do you think we need a JIRA to track this difference so we can find the cause when we have time {quote} Yes, please. > Use HiveKey instead of BytesWritable as key type of the pair RDD [Spark > Branch] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-8017 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8017 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Spark > Reporter: Rui Li > Assignee: Rui Li > Attachments: HIVE-8017-spark.patch, HIVE-8017.2-spark.patch, > HIVE-8017.3-spark.patch, HIVE-8017.4-spark.patch, HIVE-8017.5-spark.patch > > > HiveKey should be used as the key type because it holds the hash code for > partitioning. While BytesWritable serves partitioning well for simple cases, > we have to use {{HiveKey.hashCode}} for more complicated ones, e.g. join, > bucketed table, etc. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)