[IMPALA-396] Impala's 1.0.1 Shell Broke Python 2.4 Compatibility (AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'field_size_limit)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.0.1
• Fix Version/s: Impala 1.1
• Component/s: Clients
• Labels: shell
• Assignee: Ishaan Joshi
• Reporter: Ricky Saltzer
• Created: 05/Jun/13 15:25
• Updated: 07/Jun/13 22:31
• Resolved: 07/Jun/13 22:31

Description

Hey guys -

The following error is displayed if you execute the impala-shell on a system which has Python 2.4 (ie: any RHEL 5.x system)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/cloudera/parcels/IMPALA-1.0.1-1.p0.431/bin/../lib/impala-shell/impala_shell.py", line 30, in ?
    from shell_output import OutputStream, DelimitedOutputFormatter, PrettyOutputFormatter
  File "/opt/cloudera/parcels/IMPALA-1.0.1-1.p0.431/lib/impala-shell/lib/shell_output.py", line 21, in ?
    csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxint)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'field_size_limit'

The field_size_limit attribute was introduced in Python 2.5, see CSV Docs Here