Hi Larry, add jar -- successful
However create table my_table(a string, b string, c string) > row format serde 'com.test.CSVSerde' > stored as textfile; when I execute the query-I get error Error in metadata: Cannot validate serde: com.vantage.hive.CSVSerde FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask Any thoughts Ankit