Index: jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveResultSet.java =================================================================== --- jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveResultSet.java (revision 760960) +++ jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveResultSet.java (working copy) @@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ */ public boolean next() throws SQLException { - String row_str; + String row_str = ""; try { row_str = (String)client.fetchOne(); if (!row_str.equals("")) { @@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ throw new SQLException("Error retrieving next row"); } // NOTE: fetchOne dosn't throw new SQLException("Method not supported"). - return row_str != ""; + return !row_str.equals(""); } /* (non-Javadoc)