not that this is any consolation but on my mysql instance, same cdh release, i have the following for IS_COMPRESSED where you have 'false':
{code} {metastore@etl1 root 13:13}>select SD_ID, is_compressed from SDS limit 10; +-------+---------------+ | SD_ID | is_compressed | +-------+---------------+ | 1 | | | 2 | | | 6 | | | 11 | | | 26 | | | 31 | | | 36 | | | 41 | | | 46 | | | 47 | | +-------+---------------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec) {code} so *maybe* that 'false' value there is something specific to your backend store? might you experiment and change it to a null string? and see if that changes anything? Something to think about anyway. On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Jamal B <jm151...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please forgive the cross post, but I could really use some help. > > I have Hive setup using a remote metastore, backed by H2, and am able to > create tables, load data, and query them without issue. However, when I > restart the remote metastore, I can no longer query previously created > tables. 'show tables' shows them, but when I perform a simple select > 'select * from test_table limit 5' I receive a FAILED: Error in semantic > analysis: Unable to fetch table test_table error. When I look at the logs > in the metastore, I noticed the following exceptions repeat until the retry > limit is exceeded: > > 13/06/03 19:02:06 INFO HiveMetaStore.audit: ugi=rtws ip=unknown-ip-addr > cmd=get_table > : db=default tbl=test_table > 13/06/03 19:02:06 INFO DataNucleus.MetaData: Listener found initialisation > for persistable class org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MSerDeInfo > 13/06/03 19:02:06 INFO DataNucleus.MetaData: Listener found initialisation > for persistable class > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MStorageDescriptor > 13/06/03 19:02:06 INFO DataNucleus.MetaData: Listener found initialisation > for persistable class org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MTable > 13/06/03 19:02:06 INFO DataNucleus.JDO: Exception thrown > Illegal null value in column SDS.IS_COMPRESSED > org.datanucleus.exceptions.NucleusDataStoreException: Illegal null value > in column SDS.IS_COMPRESSED > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.CharRDBMSMapping.getBoolean(CharRDBMSMapping.java:374) > at > org.datanucleus.store.mapped.mapping.SingleFieldMapping.getBoolean(SingleFieldMapping.java:122) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.fieldmanager.ResultSetGetter.fetchBooleanField(ResultSetGetter.java:64) > at > org.datanucleus.state.AbstractStateManager.replacingBooleanField(AbstractStateManager.java:1038) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MStorageDescriptor.jdoReplaceField(MStorageDescriptor.java) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MStorageDescriptor.jdoReplaceFields(MStorageDescriptor.java) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.replaceFields(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2860) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.query.PersistentClassROF$2.fetchFields(PersistentClassROF.java:487) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.loadFieldValues(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:858) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.initialiseForHollow(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:258) > at > org.datanucleus.state.StateManagerFactory.newStateManagerForHollowPopulated(StateManagerFactory.java:87) > at > org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.findObject(ObjectManagerImpl.java:2389) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.query.PersistentClassROF.getObjectForDatastoreId(PersistentClassROF.java:481) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.query.PersistentClassROF.getObject(PersistentClassROF.java:366) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.fieldmanager.ResultSetGetter.fetchObjectField(ResultSetGetter.java:144) > at > org.datanucleus.state.AbstractStateManager.replacingObjectField(AbstractStateManager.java:1183) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MTable.jdoReplaceField(MTable.java) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MTable.jdoReplaceFields(MTable.java) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.replaceFields(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2860) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.replaceFields(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2879) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.request.FetchRequest.execute(FetchRequest.java:335) > at > org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSPersistenceHandler.fetchObject(RDBMSPersistenceHandler.java:240) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.loadFieldsFromDatastore(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:1929) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.loadUnloadedFields(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:1597) > at org.datanucleus.jdo.state.Hollow.transitionRetrieve(Hollow.java:168) > at > org.datanucleus.state.AbstractStateManager.retrieve(AbstractStateManager.java:470) > at > org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.retrieveObject(ObjectManagerImpl.java:1131) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.JDOPersistenceManager.jdoRetrieve(JDOPersistenceManager.java:534) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.JDOPersistenceManager.retrieve(JDOPersistenceManager.java:551) > at > org.datanucleus.jdo.JDOPersistenceManager.retrieve(JDOPersistenceManager.java:560) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getMTable(ObjectStore.java:776) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getTable(ObjectStore.java:709) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler$17.run(HiveMetaStore.java:1076) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler$17.run(HiveMetaStore.java:1073) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.executeWithRetry(HiveMetaStore.java:307) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.get_table(HiveMetaStore.java:1073) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Processor$get_table.process(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:5457) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Processor.process(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:4789) > at > org.apache.thrift.server.TThreadPoolServer$WorkerProcess.run(TThreadPoolServer.java:253) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1146) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679) > > What is odd is that when I look at the SDS table, the row for the table > does not contain a null value: > > SD_ID,INPUT_FORMAT,IS_COMPRESSED,LOCATION,NUM_BUCKETS,OUTPUT_FORMAT,SERDE_ID > > 1,org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat,false,hdfs://namenode/tmp/hivedata/stuff,-1,org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat,1 > > So I'm guess it has something to do with the meatstore initialization code > but I'm not able to figure it out. Here is the hive site config section > related to the metastore: > <property> > <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name> > > <value>jdbc:h2:tcp://metastore:8161/metastrdb;SCHEMA_SEARCH_PATH=METASTORE</value> > <description>JDBC connect string for a JDBC metastore</description> > </property> > > <property> > <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name> > <value>org.h2.Driver</value> > <description>Driver class name for a JDBC metastore</description> > </property> > > <property> > <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName</name> > <value>hiveuser</value> > </property> > > <property> > <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword</name> > <value>changeme</value> > </property> > > <property> > <name>datanucleus.autoCreateSchema</name> > <value>false</value> > </property> > > <property> > <name>datanucleus.fixedDatastore</name> > <value>true</value> > </property> > > Attached is the h2 schema used to populate the metastore. I translated it > from the mysql version without changing any table/column names. > > > > I am using hive 0.7.1 from the CDH3u4 release. Any help will be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks > > >