You can do this, but pig has a CROSS keyword that you can use.
2013/5/23 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu <mehmets...@yahoo.com> > Hi, > > I am using this: > > x = join a by 1, b by 1 using 'replicated'; > > with the hope that it generates some synthetic key '1' on both a and b and > joins it on that key, thereby, in this case, doing a clean map side cross > of > a and b with no schema changes (exactly the way a cross would work). It > seems to be working, but since I just tried it and it worked, I am not sure > if there is anything in there I should be aware of. Does anyone know? > > Thanks, > > Mehmet > > >