You can not have a '||' with the delimted serde. Just insert dummy columns in your DML.
id - name 5 || bob create table people ( id int, dummy1 string , name string) On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Tucker, Matt <matt.tuc...@disney.com> wrote: > I’m not sure how multiple-character delimiters work with Hive, but you might > try escaping each pipe (“\|\|”). I had a similar issue with using pipes in > str_to_map(). > > Matt Tucker > > From: ylyy-1985 [mailto:ylyy-1...@163.com] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:24 AM > To: hive_user > Subject: to change hive delimiter->'||' > > > > hi, all. I see something strange. the defaule delimiter is \001 and I want > to change to '||'. So I just run my command : > > > > CREATE TABLE table1( > channelid INT,serviceno STRING,regid STRING,pageurl STRING,urlext > STRING,pagetitle STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '||' > stored as textfile; > > > > then I load the txt data(with one > record="12||12003||2131||44123||22222||112") into the table, select * from > the table, I see that the 6 fields are filled with > > > > "12","","12003","","2131","" > > > > I think the empty value is "\t",which replace the "||", am I right? I think > there is some other ways to replace the delimiter and make hive work fine(of > cause we can overwrite the inputformat class). > > > > > > 2012-04-13 > > ________________________________ > > Best Regards > > Andes > > > > Email:ylyy-1...@163.com