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Edward Capriolo commented on HIVE-3108: --------------------------------------- Confirmed fixed in trunk. {noformat} [edward@tablitha dist]$ bin/hive Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/home/edward/hive/trunk/build/dist/lib/hive-common-0.10.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/hive-log4j.properties Hive history file=/tmp/edward/hive_job_log_edward_201206272349_386020253.txt hive> create table stocks (x int, y string) partitioned by (exchange string, symbol string); OK Time taken: 17.382 seconds hive> alter table stocks add partition (exchange='nasdaq', symbol='ed'); OK Time taken: 2.022 seconds hive> alter table stocks add partition (exchange='nasdaq', symbol='guy'); OK Time taken: 0.219 seconds hive> alter table stocks add partition (exchange='jp', symbol='bla'); OK Time taken: 0.245 seconds hive> select count(distinct exchange), count(distinct symbol) from stocks; 2 3 Time taken: 5.742 seconds {noformat} > SELECT count(DISTINCT col) ... returns 0 if "col" is a partition column > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-3108 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3108 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Query Processor > Affects Versions: 0.8.0, 0.9.0 > Environment: Mac OSX running Apache distribution of hadoop and hive > natively. > Reporter: Dean Wampler > Labels: Hive > > Suppose "stocks" is a managed OR external table, partitioned by "exchange" > and "symbol". "count(DISTINCT x)" returns 0 for either "exchange", "symbol", > or both: > hive> SELECT count(DISTINCT exchange), count(DISTINCT symbol) from stocks; > 0 0 -- 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