Hive doesn’t support a BigDecimal data type, as far as I know. It supports a Decimal type that is based on BigDecimal, but the precision is limited to 38 digits.
However, I found a way to work around the limitation, so it’s no longer an issue for me. Brian On Jun 28, 2014, at 8:22 AM, sumit ghosh <sumi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Did you try BigDecimal? It is the same datatype as Java BigDecimal. > > > On Thursday, 26 June 2014 8:34 AM, Brian Jeltema > <brian.jelt...@digitalenvoy.net> wrote: > > > Sorry, I meant 128 bit > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Brian Jeltema <brian.jelt...@digitalenvoy.net> > wrote: > > > I need to represent an unsigned 64-bit value as a Hive DECIMAL. The current > > precision maximum is 38, > > which isn’t large enough to represent the high-end of this value. Is there > > an alternative? > > > > Brian > > > >
