@Namit that's right. We should be able to do exactly what we do with TRANSFORM except use a java function instead of a streaming interface. Again I am fine with the lateral view syntax. But I think we should provide users a way to write java transforms and use syntax similar to TRANSFORM.
On Nov 13, 2009, at 7:07 PM, "Namit Jain (JIRA)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-655?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12777811#action_12777811 > > ] > > Namit Jain commented on HIVE-655: > --------------------------------- > > When you say : if it is the only thing specified: do you mean that > we should disallow: > > SELECT pageid, explode(adid_list) FROM myTabl > > > > >> Add support for user defined table generating functions >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Key: HIVE-655 >> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-655 >> Project: Hadoop Hive >> Issue Type: New Feature >> Components: Query Processor >> Reporter: Raghotham Murthy >> Assignee: Paul Yang >> Attachments: HIVE-655.1.patch, HIVE-655.2.patch >> >> >> Provide a way for users to add a table generating function, i.e., >> functions that generate multiple rows from a single input row. >> Currently, the only way to do it is via the TRANSFORM clause which >> requires streaming the data. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. >
