Hi Saurabh, In most cases, you won't need to know about SerDe.
We are writing a how-to for adding new SerDes. Before that, you might want to take a look at the code serde/src/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2 if really interested. Zheng On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Saurabh Nanda<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The DDL page in the Hive Language Manual > (http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hive/LanguageManual/DDL) refers to SerDe > (http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/SerDe), but the page is non-existent. I'm > assuming the SerDe stands for Serialization-Deserialization, and is used for > importing input files which are not in an standard format. > > Where can I find more information on how to use SerDe? > > Saurabh. > -- > http://nandz.blogspot.com > http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com > -- Yours, Zheng
