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Yongzhi Chen commented on HIVE-9923: ------------------------------------ The NullPointerException stack is: {noformat} Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.regularBody(HiveParser.java:40882) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.queryStatementExpressionBody(HiveParser.java:40059) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.queryStatementExpression(HiveParser.java:39929) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.execStatement(HiveParser.java:1574) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.statement(HiveParser.java:1093) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.ParseDriver.parse(ParseDriver.java:202) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.ParseDriver.parse(ParseDriver.java:166) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:396) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:308) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compileInternal(Driver.java:1122) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compileAndRespond(Driver.java:1116) at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.prepare(SQLOperation.java:110) ... 27 more {noformat} It is from HiveParser.java: {noformat} if ( state.backtracking==0 ) {(s!=null?((CommonTree)s.tree):null).getChild(1).replaceChildren(0, 0, (i!=null?((CommonTree)i.tree):null));} {noformat} Where there is no from key word, the getChild(1) will be null, then the exception thrown. When insert with select statement, a "from" should be required not optional. Make the parser change to let it error out before reach getChild(1). > No clear message when "from" is missing > --------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-9923 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9923 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.0.0 > Reporter: Jeff Zhang > Assignee: Yongzhi Chen > Attachments: HIVE-9923.1.patch > > > For the following sql, "from" is missing but it throw NPE which is not clear > for user. > {code} > hive> insert overwrite directory '/tmp/hive-3' select sb1.name, sb2.age > student_bucketed sb1 join student_bucketed sb2 on sb1.name=sb2.name; > FAILED: NullPointerException null > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)