Yes, functions declared will only be available in the current session. You will have to add the JAR to the class path and create the function in each session. If you use the same Jar files and functions frequently, you can add those statements to your $HOME/.hiverc file.
> On Apr 23, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Buntu Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does the JAR need to be added for every session before using the custom UDF > created using "CREATE FUNCTION"? > > I'm using Hive 0.13 and was able to add a custom UDF successfully and use it > in a sample query. But in the subsequent Hive sessions, I do see the function > but I get this error when using the function: > > FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10011]: Line 1:7 Invalid function 'my_func' > > Thanks for the help!
