You are right that Drill does not support the Hive complex types [1]. And I am not aware of any current plans to add support for this. Please follow DRILL-3290 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-3290> for updates on this.
[1] https://drill.apache.org/docs/hive-to-drill-data-type-mapping/#unsupported-types On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Kristinn Rúnarsson < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am experimenting with methods to query a data stored on a hdfs using > Drill. One option is to use Hive to manage the data and provide table > schema/metadata. Few columns in the data contain complex data types which > hive converts to hive map, list or struct. According the documentation, > drill does not support Hive complex data types, map, list, struct, etc, at > this moment. I would like to know if there is any plan of adding support > for these data types in future versions of drill? > > Best, > Kristinn R. >
