Try putting back ticks around comment since its a reserved word. Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Artem Ervits <are9...@nyp.org> wrote: Anyone? *From:* Artem Ervits [mailto:are9...@nyp.org <are9...@nyp.org>] *Sent:* Monday, September 16, 2013 5:07 PM *To:* user@hive.apache.org *Subject:* FAILED: ParseException line 12:0 mismatched input 'Comment' expecting Identifier near ',' in column specification Hello all, I’m trying to create a table with a column called “Comment” and I get the following exception: FAILED: ParseException line 12:0 mismatched input 'Comment' expecting Identifier near ',' in column specification I am running hive-common-0.10.0.23.jar version of Hive. Is that a bug or a feature? I understand that you can insert comments in DDL statements but what if a column name happens to be a reserved word, as in this case? Thanks Artem Ervits ar...@nyp.org New York Presbyterian Hospital This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you. ------------------------------ Confidential Information subject to NYP's (and its affiliates') information management and security policies (http://infonet.nyp.org/QA/HospitalManual). This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you.
