[IMPALA-995] Join Hint is dropped when used inside a view

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.2.2
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.0
• Assignee: Alexander Behm
• Reporter: Alan Choi
• Created: 10/May/14 01:33
• Updated: 20/Dec/15 00:05
• Resolved: 16/Sep/14 18:28

Description

Join hint is dropped when it's inside a view. However, if we don't drop it, then Hive can't run the view because Hive doesn't understand Impala's join hint.

A better way is to embed join hint in a comment, such as:

...A join /* +shuffle */ B...