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Indrani Gorti resolved HIVE-2916. --------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Fix Version/s: 0.8.0 0.8.1 Hi I just realized that there is a package "org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo" that is imported when file q/typeinfo has to be used. The package has the following which is what /q/typeinfo directory contains * ListTypeInfo.java * MapTypeInfo.java * PrimitiveTypeInfo.java * StructTypeInfo.java * TypeInfo.java * TypeInfoFactory.java * TypeInfoUtils.java one can see this in http://hive.apache.org/docs/r0.7.1/api/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/typeinfo/package-tree.html and https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hive/branches/branch-0.2/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/typeinfo/ Indrani Gorti > Hive Type Information for Table Columns > --------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2916 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2916 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Environment: Hive-0.8.1 > Reporter: Indrani Gorti > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 0.8.1, 0.8.0 > > > Hi > I am using Hive-0.8.1. I am trying to get type information for table columns > from MetaStore. The Developer documentation says the components of > ql/typeinfo is responsible for this. > i.e, under the query processor section in > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/DeveloperGuide#DeveloperGuide-QueryProcessor > However the directory "typeinfo" is missing in hadoop/hive/ql.I understand > from typeinfo has java files that is responsible for getting all struct > fieldnames, categories, primitive types. etc. > Indrani -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira