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Comment: correct avro serde name in the example queries.

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Avro type

Becomes Hive type

Note

null

void

boolean

boolean

int

int

long

bigint

float

float

double

double

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bytes

binary

Bytes are converted to Array[smallint] prior to Hive 0.12.0

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string

string

record

struct

map

map

list

array

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union

union

Unions of [T, null] transparently convert to nullable T, other types translate directly to Hive's unions of those types. However, unions were introduced in Hive 7 and are not currently able to be used in where/group-by statements. They are essentially look-at-only. Because the AvroSerde transparently converts [T,null], to nullable T, this limitation only applies to unions of multiple types or unions not of a single type and null.

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enum

string

Hive has no concept of enums

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fixed

binary

Fixeds are converted to Array[smallint] prior to Hive 0.12.0

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Code Block
CREATE TABLE embedded
  COMMENT "just drop the schema right into the HQL"
  ROW FORMAT SERDE
  'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.avro.AvroSerDe'
  STORED AS INPUTFORMAT
  'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerInputFormat'
  OUTPUTFORMAT
  'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerOutputFormat'
  TBLPROPERTIES (
    'avro.schema.literal'='{
      "namespace": "com.howdy",
      "name": "some_schema",
      "type": "record",
      "fields": [ { "name":"string1","type":"string"}]
    }');

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Code Block
set hiveconf:schema;
DROP TABLE example;
CREATE TABLE example
  ROW FORMAT SERDE
  'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.avro.AvroSerDe'
  STORED AS INPUTFORMAT
  'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerInputFormat'
  OUTPUTFORMAT
  'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.avro.AvroContainerOutputFormat'
  TBLPROPERTIES (
    'avro.schema.literal'='${hiveconf:schema}');

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