[HIVE-4044] Add URL type

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Assignee: Samuel Yuan
• Reporter: Samuel Yuan
• Created: 20/Feb/13 18:44
• Updated: 30/Jun/13 09:12
• Resolved: 27/Feb/13 23:17

Description

Having a separate type for URLs would enable improvements in storage efficiency based on breaking up a URL into its components. The new type will be named "URL" and made a non-reserved keyword (see HIVE-701).