Did you try BigDecimal? It is the same datatype as Java BigDecimal.
On Thursday, 26 June 2014 8:34 AM, Brian Jeltema <brian.jelt...@digitalenvoy.net> wrote: Sorry, I meant 128 bit On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Brian Jeltema <brian.jelt...@digitalenvoy.net> wrote: > I need to represent an unsigned 64-bit value as a Hive DECIMAL. The current > precision maximum is 38, > which isn’t large enough to represent the high-end of this value. Is there an > alternative? > > Brian >