[IMPALA-659] No Way to Escape Vertical Whitespace in Text Files

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Reopened
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.1.1, Impala 2.5.0
• Component/s: Backend
• Labels: impala text
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David E. Wheeler
• Created: 07/Nov/13 06:34
• Updated: 30/Oct/18 17:19

Description

There appears to be no way to escape vertical whitespace in Impala text files. I tried creating a table using \ as an escape, but when I include \n in it, the character is ignored.

Issue Links

• is related to: IMPALA-2148 Add support for quoted values in csv