I have sussed this one out - I had a column called "Text" in the destination database, and this appears to have caused the confusion.
On 13 August 2014 20:47, Charles Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > HI all, > > I'm using sqoop for the first time, and getting the error below when I try > to export from Hive to AWS RDS (MySql). It can connect to RDS (the output > displays the correct schema). Googling this error has brought nothing, so I > am at a loss as to what is causing it. Using the verbose flag does not seem > to give anything more informative. This is using Sqoop 1.4.4.2.1.4.0-632. > > Any help would be appreciated! > > The error: > > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:197: > error: cannot find symbol > this.Text = Text.readString(__dataIn); > ^ > symbol: method readString(DataInput) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:202: > error: cannot find symbol > this.ScreenName = Text.readString(__dataIn); > ^ > symbol: method readString(DataInput) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:207: > error: cannot find symbol > this.Name = Text.readString(__dataIn); > ^ > symbol: method readString(DataInput) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:217: > error: cannot find symbol > this.Sentiment = Text.readString(__dataIn); > ^ > symbol: method readString(DataInput) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:244: > error: cannot find symbol > Text.writeString(__dataOut, Text); > ^ > symbol: method writeString(DataOutput,String) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:250: > error: cannot find symbol > Text.writeString(__dataOut, ScreenName); > ^ > symbol: method writeString(DataOutput,String) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:256: > error: cannot find symbol > Text.writeString(__dataOut, Name); > ^ > symbol: method writeString(DataOutput,String) > location: variable Text of type String > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java:268: > error: cannot find symbol > Text.writeString(__dataOut, Sentiment); > ^ > symbol: method writeString(DataOutput,String) > location: variable Text of type String > Note: > /tmp/sqoop-root/compile/800bf97df684e2e48f096e96bd7a30c6/ScoredTweets.java > uses or overrides a deprecated API. > Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. > 8 errors > 14/08/13 19:25:08 ERROR tool.ExportTool: Encountered IOException running > export job: java.io.IOException: Error returned by javac > > > Thanks, > Charles >
