I dont think https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-417 which added virtual columns was committed to 0.6.
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-417> On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Thiruvel Thirumoolan wrote: It should be INPUT__FILE__NAME and BLOCK__OFFSET__INSIDE__FILE. On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:15 PM, lei liu wrote: I use hive0.6 version and execute 'select INPUT_FILE_NAME, BLOCK_OFFSET_INSIDE_FILE from person1' statement, hive0.6 throws below error: FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: line 1:7 Invalid Table Alias or Column Reference INPUT_FILE_NAME error. Don't hive0.6 support virtual columns?
