Index: ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java =================================================================== --- ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java (revision 1229725) +++ ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java (working copy) @@ -4087,7 +4087,7 @@ partSpec); outputs.add(new WriteEntity(p, false)); } catch (HiveException e) { - throw new SemanticException(e.getMessage()); + throw new SemanticException(e.getMessage(), e); } } } @@ -4277,7 +4277,7 @@ .getFieldObjectInspector()), "", false)); } } catch (Exception e) { - throw new SemanticException(e.getMessage()); + throw new SemanticException(e.getMessage(), e); } RowSchema fsRS = new RowSchema(vecCol);