Hi Sam,
Could you try '\001' instead of '\u0001' ?

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On Jun 20, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Sam William <sa...@stumbleupon.com> wrote:

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> 
> Mark,
>   I did not get any errors, but it seemed like the splitting was happening 
> with u,0,1  as delimiters.   My temporary fix is to define a table with one 
> field and create a view  split function on top .  I dont want this additional 
> overheard, if I can make the input format  work with the ctrl char  as the 
> delimiter.
> 
> Mapred Learn,
> 
> Yes I did have the word 'external' in   the create table statement.  
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
> 
> On Jun 20, 2012, at 6:24 AM, Mark Grover wrote:
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>> Sam,
>> If you can please post a row or two of your data along with any errors you 
>> are getting, that would be helpful.
>> 
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mapred Learn" <mapred.le...@gmail.com>
>> To: user@hive.apache.org
>> Cc: user@hive.apache.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:34:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: Text file with ctrl chat as delimiter
>> 
>> 
>> Did you add the word external in create table I.e. 
>> 
>> 
>> Create external table(...blah...blah...) 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 
>> 
>> On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Sam William < sa...@stumbleupon.com > wrote: 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi, 
>> I have a data file that is exactly equivalent to a CSV , except that the 
>> field delimiter is a control character specifically '\u0001' . How can I 
>> create an external table in hive for this data ? 
>> 
>> 
>> For instance . 
>> 
>> 
>> create table ... blah .blah ... 
>> row format delimited fields terminated by '\u0001' stored as textfile 
>> location '/tmp/myloc'; 
>> 
>> 
>> did not work . 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sam William 
>> sa...@stumbleupon.com 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Sam William
> sa...@stumbleupon.com
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