Maybe check the Hive logs or the Hadoop logs of the tasks that were started by the query. Looks like that error happens when an exception is hit while trying to invoke the UDF, it might be logged somewhere.
________________________________ From: dhruv kapatel <kapateldh...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 3:36 AM To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: hive with ua paser (external) library gives IOException All the required external jars are included in udf jar. You can find full details on stackoverflow question. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36643795/hive-ua-parser-udf-gives-ioexception Any hint regarding this will be appreciated. -- With Regards: Kapatel Dhruv v