[HIVE-3157] set fileformat rcfile is not working on the tables with partition

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Metastore
• Assignee: Chinna Rao Lalam
• Reporter: Kristam Subba Swathi
• Created: 19/Jun/12 13:57
• Updated: 20/Jun/12 11:40

Description

Steps to reproduce
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Create the table with partition
Add partition
set the file format to rcfile
Now try to load RCfile into the table
Load is failing.

create table rcfileTable(key int, value string) partitioned by (ds string);
alter table rcfileTable add partition(ds='2010');
alter table rcfileTable partition(ds='2010') set fileformat rcfile;
load data local inpath 'smbbucket_1.rc' overwrite into table rcfileTable partition(ds='2010');

Please find the exception trace for more details
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2012-06-19 19:21:01,500 ERROR exec.Task (SessionState.java:printError(400)) - Failed with exception Wrong file format. Please check the file's format.
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Wrong file format. Please check the file's format.
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask.execute(MoveTask.java:224)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:135)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:57)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1329)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1121)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:954)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.service.HiveServer$HiveServerHandler.execute(HiveServer.java:191)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.service.ThriftHive$Processor$execute.getResult(ThriftHive.java:629)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.service.ThriftHive$Processor$execute.getResult(ThriftHive.java:617)
	at org.apache.thrift.ProcessFunction.process(ProcessFunction.java:32)
	at org.apache.thrift.TBaseProcessor.process(TBaseProcessor.java:34)
	at org.apache.thrift.server.TThreadPoolServer$WorkerProcess.run(TThreadPoolServer.java:176)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)