Hi Ranjith BETWEEN a and b, you can implement as >=a , <=b . Since that is not equality you cannot use that in ON clause you need to move it to WHERE condition in your query.
Regards, Bejoy KS ________________________________ From: "Raghunath, Ranjith" <ranjith.raghuna...@usaa.com> To: "'user@hive.apache.org'" <user@hive.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 8:39 AM Subject: Hive and joins Since Hive (0.7.1) only supports equi-based join how are people using it for joins employing the between clause? Thanks, Ranjith