[SQOOP-2252] Add default to Avro Schema

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.5, 1.4.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.6
• Component/s: tools
• Assignee: Andrew Stevenson
• Reporter: Andrew Stevenson
• Created: 23/Mar/15 10:21
• Updated: 09/Apr/15 04:57
• Resolved: 09/Apr/15 00:59

Description

Currently no default value is set on the avro schemas. Setting a default value is required for schema evolution.

I currently have to rewrite the schema to be a union on [null: type] rather than [type:nulll] and add null as a default in other to update kite datasets.

Issue Links

• relates to: SQOOP-2288 Improve Avro schema generation