Maybe you are being effected by this?
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2635
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Time Less <timelessn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having a heck of a time the past couple days. Google suggests others
> have had this same error without resolution since mid-2010. Maybe someone
> here can shed some light on this?
>
> *See the package and method name:
> *[hdfs@laxhadoop1-012 15:23:14 ~/Tim] :) head LeoRank.java
> package com.riot.hive.udf;
> import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDF;
> public final class *LeoRank* extends UDF{
>
> *We set the classpath and ensure .jar is there:
> *[hdfs@laxhadoop1-012 15:24:35 ~/Tim] :) export
> HADOOP_CLASSPATH=/usr/lib/hive/lib
> [hdfs@laxhadoop1-012 15:24:44 ~/Tim] :) ls -al
> $HADOOP_CLASSPATH/LeoRank.jar
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 hdfs hdfs 884 Feb 2 15:07 /usr/lib/hive/lib/LeoRank.jar
>
> *We add the jar:
> *[hdfs@laxhadoop1-012 15:24:52 ~/Tim] :) hive
> Hive history file=/tmp/hdfs/hive_job_log_hdfs_201202021524_1137940055.txt
> hive> add jar LeoRank.jar ;
> Added LeoRank.jar to class path
> Added resource: LeoRank.jar
>
> *And double-check the .jar is loaded:
> *hive> list jars ;
> LeoRank.jar
>
> *And yet... fail:*
> hive> create temporary function LeoRank as 'com.riot.hive.udf.LeoRank' ;
> FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FunctionTask
>
> *hive.log doesn't seem to shed any additional light on it (or does it?):*
> [hdfs@laxhadoop1-012 15:31:16 ~/Tim] :) tail -f /tmp/hdfs/hive.log
> 2012-02-02 15:31:13,087 ERROR ql.Driver
> (SessionState.java:printError(365)) - FAILED: Execution Error, return code
> 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FunctionTask
>
> There are posts on forums through history where people go through exactly
> this process, get to exactly this point, then nothing. I'm not sure if they
> give up on UDFs, or if they have some brain flash around a configuration
> they forgot to set or what. Any clues for the gamers of the world?
>
> --
> Tim Ellis
> Data Architect, Riot Games
>
>
