[HIVE-2321] Jobs fail due to issues in regexp() based UDFs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: UDF
• Assignee: Thiruvel Thirumoolan
• Reporter: Thiruvel Thirumoolan
• Created: 28/Jul/11 10:20
• Updated: 13/Sep/11 21:09

Description

regexp_extract() fails when its not possible to extract the string. Its better to return NULL/empty string than to fail.

Will also peek into similar UDFs if possible and fix/at-least enhance tests.