[HIVE-977] NullPointerException when operating on a non-existing partition

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.5.0
• Assignee: Namit Jain
• Reporter: He Yongqiang
• Created: 10/Dec/09 02:15
• Updated: 17/Dec/11 00:05
• Resolved: 22/Dec/09 03:41

Description

create table tbl(key int) partitioned by (ds string);
select .. from tbl where ds='101';

Total MapReduce jobs = 1
Number of reduce tasks determined at compile time: 1
In order to change the average load for a reducer (in bytes):
set hive.exec.reducers.bytes.per.reducer=<number>
In order to limit the maximum number of reducers:
set hive.exec.reducers.max=<number>
In order to set a constant number of reducers:
set mapred.reduce.tasks=<number>
Job Submission failed with exception 'java.lang.NullPointerException(null)'
FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.ExecDriver