Complex types, lateral view and RCFile

[Pradeep Kamath]

Hi,

  I have data with complex types (map, struct, array of maps) stored as
a text file. I am able to successfully create an external table based on
this data and further build a lateral view on it:

 

hive -e 'select rownum, bag_item from complex_text LATERAL VIEW
explode(bagofmap) explodedTable AS bag_item ;'

1       {"k1":"v1","k2":"v2"}

1       {"k3":"v3","k4":"v4","k5":"v5","k6":"v6"}

2       {"a1":"b1","a2":"b2"}

2       {"a3":"b3","a4":"b4","a5":"b5","a6":"b6"}

 

Here is how I created this table:

CREATE external TABLE if not exists complex_text (

mymap map<string, string>,

mytuple struct<num:int,str:string,dbl:double>,

bagofmap array<map<string,string>>,

rownum int

)

row format DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY  '\001' COLLECTION ITEMS
TERMINATED BY '\002'

          MAP KEYS TERMINATED BY '\003' 

 

stored as textfile

location '/user/pradeepk/complex_text';

 

The data contents are (^C stands for ctrl-C .i.e '\003'):

mymapk1^Cmymapv1^Bmymapk2^Cmymapv2^A1^Bhello^B2.5^Ak1^Dv1^Ck2^Dv2^Bk3^Dv
3^Ck4^Dv4^Ck5^Dv5^Ck6^Dv6^A1

mymapk3^Cmymapv3^Bmymapk4^Cmymapv4^A2^Bbye^B3.5^Aa1^Db1^Ca2^Db2^Ba3^Db3^
Ca4^Db4^Ca5^Db5^Ca6^Db6^A2

 

Now I created a table using RCFile for storage based on the above table
as follows:

create table complex_rcfile

stored as RCFile

location '/user/pradeepk/complex_rcfile'

as select

    mymap,

    mytuple,

    bagofmap,

    rownum

from

    complex_text;

 

The same query against this table gives incorrect results (nulls for the
rownum column):

hive -e 'select rownum, bag_item from complex_rcfile LATERAL VIEW
explode(bagofmap) explodedTable AS bag_item ;'

NULL    {"a1":"b1","a2":"b2"}

NULL    {"a3":"b3","a4":"b4","a5":"b5","a6":"b6"}

NULL    {"k1":"v1","k2":"v2"}

NULL    {"k3":"v3","k4":"v4","k5":"v5","k6":"v6"}

 

I have a feeling the delimiters are not being correctly interpreted in
RCFile format. Strangely a non lateral view query works fine:

hive -e 'select rownum, bagofmap from complex_rcfile;'

2
[{"a1":"b1","a2":"b2"},{"a3":"b3","a4":"b4","a5":"b5","a6":"b6"}]

1
[{"k1":"v1","k2":"v2"},{"k3":"v3","k4":"v4","k5":"v5","k6":"v6"}]

 

Any pointers?

 

Thanks,

Pradeep