I think the issue is the quotes in your JOBID are getting eaten by declare.
Try USING com.innovation.serp.pig.lily.LilySearchMetricsStorer('$JOBID');
Alan.
On Nov 15, 2011, at 7:46 AM, Geert Van Landeghem wrote:
> hello,
>
> is it possible to pass values to a store (or load) function?
>
> e.g.
>
> %declare JOBID 'JOB-2011-11-15-001';
>
>
> STORE metrics
> INTO 'metrics'
> USING com.innovation.serp.pig.lily.LilySearchMetricsStorer($JOBID);
>
> executing this gives following error: ERROR
> org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR 1200: <file
> src/main/pig/65kcompanies.pig, line 51, column 68> mismatched input 'JOB'
> expecting RIGHT_PAREN
>
> --
>
>
> --
> *
> kind regards,
>
> Van Landeghem Geert*
