[HADOOP-4273] [Hive] job submission exception if input is null

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Assignee: Namit Jain
• Reporter: Namit Jain
• Created: 25/Sep/08 05:50
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 17:06
• Resolved: 21/Oct/08 18:46

Description

If a table is empty, and the following query is issued:

select a, count(1) from x group by a;

the second map-reduce job dies (job submission fails since the input is empty)