[HIVE-3630] udf_substr.q fails when using JDK7

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.1, 0.10.0, 0.11.0
• Component/s: Tests
• Assignee: Chris Drome
• Reporter: Chris Drome
• Created: 29/Oct/12 05:20
• Updated: 12/Aug/13 22:46
• Resolved: 12/Aug/13 22:45

Description

Internal error: Cannot find ConstantObjectInspector for BINARY

This exception has two causes.

JDK7 iterators do not return values in the same order as JDK6, which selects a different implementation of this UDF when the first argument is null. With JDK7 this happens to be the binary version.

The binary version is not implemented properly which ultimately causes the exception when the method is called.

Issue Links

• depends upon: HIVE-3789 Patch HIVE-3648 causing the majority of unit tests to fail on branch 0.9
• depends upon: HIVE-3384 HIVE JDBC module won't compile under JDK1.7 as new methods added in JDBC specification
• is depended upon by: HIVE-4583 Make Hive compile and run with JDK7