Currently the only way to set the delimiter is in the storage plugin configuration. You can create a few plugin instances, each with a different delimiter mapped to the same extension (say .txt). Another option here is to create a symlink in the file system with an extension on the symlink name.
This is definitely something we'd like to improve. > On Nov 1, 2015, at 1:45 PM, William Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there a way to override the delimiter or Input format at runtime? > > Scenario: > -User1 has an extension-less file, that it is pipe delimited > -User2 also has an extension-less, but it is tab delimited > Use cases: > -Both users want to execute queries on these files concurrently > -A single user wants to run a query with a join against these files > > Will
