Currently, the Drill Wiki discusses using the CONVERT_FROM for JSON data. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DRILL/SQL+Functions#SQLFunctions-ConvertFunctions
select CONVERT_FROM(col1, 'JSON') FROM hbase.table1 ... Is there any plan to provide a similar CONVERT_FROM for Protobuf? -- *Paul Curtis* Senior Sales Engineer *O: *+1 203-660-0015 *M:* +1 203-539-9705 <http://mapr.com>
