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Ashutosh Chauhan commented on PIG-1531: --------------------------------------- Another instance where it happens is when input location doesnt exists, error message shown is {code} org.apache.pig.backend.executionengine.ExecException: ERROR 2118: Unable to create input splits for tmp_emtpy_1280539088 {code} Whereas underlying exception did have more useful String which gets lost in log file {code} org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.InvalidInputException: Input path does not exist: hdfs://machine.server.edu/tmp/pig/tmp_tables/tmp_empty_1280539088 {code} > Pig gobbles up error messages > ----------------------------- > > Key: PIG-1531 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1531 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.7.0 > Reporter: Ashutosh Chauhan > Assignee: niraj rai > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > > Consider the following. I have my own Storer implementing StoreFunc and I am > throwing FrontEndException (and other Exceptions derived from PigException) > in its various methods. I expect those error messages to be shown in error > scenarios. Instead Pig gobbles up my error messages and shows its own generic > error message like: > {code} > 010-07-31 14:14:25,414 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR > 2116: Unexpected error. Could not validate the output specification for: > default.partitoned > Details at logfile: /Users/ashutosh/workspace/pig/pig_1280610650690.log > {code} > Instead I expect it to display my error messages which it stores away in that > log file. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.