Re: unicode character as delimiter
You have to use the octal representation, e.g., ^A is \001. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Ho Kenneth - kennho kenneth...@acxiom.comwrote: Hi all, I have an input file that has a unicode character as a delimiter, which is þ (thorn) For example: col1þcol2þcol3 Þ has a value of UTF-8(hex) 0xC3 0xBE (c3be) And I have tried the following but no luck: create table test(col1 string, col2 string, col3 string) row format delimited fields terminated by '\c3be'; I'd appreciate your help! Thanks in advance. --ken *** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. -- *Dean Wampler, Ph.D.* thinkbiganalytics.com +1-312-339-1330
Re: unicode character as delimiter
Thanks for the quick response. I try '\376', but still not working :( On 1/10/13 6:23 AM, Dean Wampler dean.wamp...@thinkbiganalytics.com wrote: You have to use the octal representation, e.g., ^A is \001. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Ho Kenneth - kennho kenneth...@acxiom.comwrote: Hi all, I have an input file that has a unicode character as a delimiter, which is þ (thorn) For example: col1þcol2þcol3 Þ has a value of UTF-8(hex) 0xC3 0xBE (c3be) And I have tried the following but no luck: create table test(col1 string, col2 string, col3 string) row format delimited fields terminated by '\c3be'; I'd appreciate your help! Thanks in advance. --ken * ** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. * *** -- *Dean Wampler, Ph.D.* thinkbiganalytics.com +1-312-339-1330
Re: unicode character as delimiter
I'd appreicate if someone can help out with this issue. Tons of thanks! :) I have tried many different combinations but still not able to get it to work. Q: how do we parse delimiter - þ On 1/10/13 8:08 AM, Ho Kenneth - kennho kenneth...@acxiom.com wrote: Thanks for the quick response. I try '\376', but still not working :( On 1/10/13 6:23 AM, Dean Wampler dean.wamp...@thinkbiganalytics.com wrote: You have to use the octal representation, e.g., ^A is \001. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Ho Kenneth - kennho kenneth...@acxiom.comwrote: Hi all, I have an input file that has a unicode character as a delimiter, which is þ (thorn) For example: col1þcol2þcol3 Þ has a value of UTF-8(hex) 0xC3 0xBE (c3be) And I have tried the following but no luck: create table test(col1 string, col2 string, col3 string) row format delimited fields terminated by '\c3be'; I'd appreciate your help! Thanks in advance. --ken * ** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. * *** -- *Dean Wampler, Ph.D.* thinkbiganalytics.com +1-312-339-1330
