[HIVE-14436] Hive 1.2.1/Hitting "ql.Driver: FAILED: IllegalArgumentException Error: , expected at the end of 'decimal(9'" after enabling hive.optimize.skewjoin and with MR engine

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0, 2.2.0
• Component/s: Hive
• Labels: code

Environment

HDP 2.4.2/ Hive 1.2.1

• Target Version/s: 1.3.0, 2.2.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Flags: Important
• Assignee: Daniel Dai
• Reporter: Ratish Maruthiyodan
• Created: 05/Aug/16 11:03
• Updated: 26/Jul/17 03:30
• Resolved: 10/Aug/16 05:58

Description

PROBLEM:
The following Query run with MapReduce engine with "hive.optimize.skewjoin = true" fails with error:
"FAILED: IllegalArgumentException Error: , expected at the end of 'decimal(9'"

> SELECT a.col1 FROM db.tableA a INNER JOIN db.tableB b ON b.key=a.key limit 5;

FAILED: IllegalArgumentException Error: , expected at the end of 'decimal(9'
16/08/04 12:47:50 [main]: ERROR ql.Driver: FAILED: IllegalArgumentException Error: , expected at the end of 'decimal(9'
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Error: , expected at the end of 'decimal(9'
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoUtils$TypeInfoParser.expect(TypeInfoUtils.java:336)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoUtils$TypeInfoParser.parseParams(TypeInfoUtils.java:378)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoUtils$TypeInfoParser.parsePrimitiveParts(TypeInfoUtils.java:518)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoUtils.parsePrimitiveParts(TypeInfoUtils.java:533)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoFactory.createPrimitiveTypeInfo(TypeInfoFactory.java:136)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoFactory.getPrimitiveTypeInfo(TypeInfoFactory.java:109)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.optimizer.physical.GenMRSkewJoinProcessor.processSkewJoin(GenMRSkewJoinProcessor.java:214)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.optimizer.physical.SkewJoinProcFactory$SkewJoinJoinProcessor.process(SkewJoinProcFactory.java:60)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultRuleDispatcher.dispatch(DefaultRuleDispatcher.java:90)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.dispatchAndReturn(DefaultGraphWalker.java:95)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.dispatch(DefaultGraphWalker.java:79)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.walk(DefaultGraphWalker.java:133)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.startWalking(DefaultGraphWalker.java:110)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.optimizer.physical.SkewJoinResolver$SkewJoinTaskDispatcher.dispatch(SkewJoinResolver.java:100)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.dispatchAndReturn(DefaultGraphWalker.java:95)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.dispatch(DefaultGraphWalker.java:79)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.walk(DefaultGraphWalker.java:133)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib.DefaultGraphWalker.startWalking(DefaultGraphWalker.java:110)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.optimizer.physical.SkewJoinResolver.resolve(SkewJoinResolver.java:55)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.optimizer.physical.PhysicalOptimizer.optimize(PhysicalOptimizer.java:107)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.MapReduceCompiler.optimizeTaskPlan(MapReduceCompiler.java:270)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.TaskCompiler.compile(TaskCompiler.java:227)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticAnalyzer.analyzeInternal(SemanticAnalyzer.java:10219)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.CalcitePlanner.analyzeInternal(CalcitePlanner.java:211)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.BaseSemanticAnalyzer.analyze(BaseSemanticAnalyzer.java:227)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:459)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:316)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compileInternal(Driver.java:1189)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1237)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1126)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1116)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:216)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:168)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:379)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.executeDriver(CliDriver.java:739)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:684)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:624)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136)

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2) However same query works fine when we set "hive.optimize.skewjoin = false" . And we dont find this issue using Tez execution engine.

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-14968 Fix compilation failure on branch-1