: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3238
This might fit the bill. On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Michael Malak <michaelma...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Is the only way to INSERT data into a column of type array<> to load data > from a pre-existing file, to use hard-coded values in the INSERT statement, > or copy an entire array verbatim from another table? I.e. I'm assuming > that a) SQL1999 array INSERT via subquery is not (yet) implemented in Hive, > and b) there is also no other way to load dynamically generated data into > an array<> column? If my assumption in a) is true, does a Jira item need > to be created for it? >