Try running your script with -Dpig.usenewlogicalplan=false and also file a ticket in the event that this is not already fixed.
-----Original Message----- From: Kaluskar, Sanjay [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 3:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Error 2042 in version 0.8.0 I am seeing this stack when running a script that runs fine in 0.5.0, 0.6.0 and 0.7.0. Is this a known issue? ERROR 2042: Error in new logical plan. Try -Dpig.usenewlogicalplan=false. org.apache.pig.impl.logicalLayer.FrontendException: ERROR 2042: Error in new logical plan. Try -Dpig.usenewlogicalplan=false. at org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.HExecutionEngine.compile(H ExecutionEngine.java:309) at org.apache.pig.PigServer.compilePp(PigServer.java:1354) at org.apache.pig.PigServer.executeCompiledLogicalPlan(PigServer.java:1196) at org.apache.pig.PigServer.execute(PigServer.java:1190) at org.apache.pig.PigServer.access$100(PigServer.java:128) at org.apache.pig.PigServer$Graph.execute(PigServer.java:1517) at org.apache.pig.PigServer.executeBatchEx(PigServer.java:362) at org.apache.pig.PigServer.executeBatch(PigServer.java:329) at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.executeBatch(GruntParser.java:112 ) at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.parseStopOnError(GruntParser.java :169) at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.parseStopOnError(GruntParser.java :141) at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt.exec(Grunt.java:90) at org.apache.pig.Main.run(Main.java:510) at org.apache.pig.Main.main(Main.java:107) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.pig.newplan.ReverseDependencyOrderWalker.walk(ReverseDependen cyOrderWalker.java:70) at org.apache.pig.newplan.PlanVisitor.visit(PlanVisitor.java:50) at org.apache.pig.newplan.logical.optimizer.SchemaResetter.visit(SchemaRese tter.java:105) at org.apache.pig.newplan.logical.relational.LOGenerate.accept(LOGenerate.j ava:229) at org.apache.pig.newplan.DependencyOrderWalker.walk(DependencyOrderWalker. java:75) at org.apache.pig.newplan.logical.optimizer.SchemaResetter.visit(SchemaRese tter.java:94) at org.apache.pig.newplan.logical.relational.LOForEach.accept(LOForEach.jav a:71) at org.apache.pig.newplan.DependencyOrderWalker.walk(DependencyOrderWalker. java:75) at org.apache.pig.newplan.PlanVisitor.visit(PlanVisitor.java:50) at org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.HExecutionEngine.compile(H ExecutionEngine.java:261) ... 13 more Sanjay Kaluskar Ph: +91-80-4020-3083 Sr. Architect VOIP: +1-650-385-6659 Platform Mobile: +91-96322-24246
