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Sergio Peña updated HIVE-8577: ------------------------------ Attachment: map_null_val.avro map_null_schema.avro Attached are the files (schema & data) used for this bug. > Cannot deserialize Avro schema with a map<string,string> with null values > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-8577 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8577 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.14.0 > Reporter: Sergio Peña > Labels: regression > Attachments: map_null_schema.avro, map_null_val.avro > > > An avro table with a map<string,string> column that contains null values > cannot be deserialized when running the select statement. > Create the following table: > {noformat} > CREATE TABLE avro_table (avreau_col_1 map<string,string>) > 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.url'='file:///tmp/map_null_schema.avro'); > {noformat} > Then load the avro data: > {noformat} > LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '/tmp/map_null_val.avro' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE > avro_table; > {noformat} > And do the select (it fails): > {noformat} > SELECT * FROM avro_table; > Error: java.io.IOException: org.apache.avro.AvroRuntimeException: Not a map: > "null" (state=,code=0) > {noformat} > This is a regression bug (it works correctly on hive 0.13.1 version). > This is the output that hive 0.13.1 displays: > {noformat} > {"key3":"val3","key4":null} > {"key3":"val3","key4":null} > {"key1":null,"key2":"val2"} > {"key3":"val3","key4":null} > {"key3":"val3","key4":null} > {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)