Ok, there is UDF support in hive. So, I guess my question is how to create a
UDF, what language is supported, and how to use a udf?


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Michael Jiang <[email protected]>wrote:

> I want to have a function that returns the hour information from a date
> string (wiz not a known format supported by current date functions, but
> basically this is just a use case example). In pig, you can create a UDF
> (user defined function) and apply it to a column. Is there an equivalent
> thing in Hive? I know I can write a mapper to take whole line and transform
> the specific column I want. But it's not convenient because you have to
> duplicate the same code for each different source table.
>
> Thanks!
>

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