MatchPath.java still exists in Hive trunk and release 0.13.1 (ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/udf/ptf/MatchPath.java).
-- Lefty On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Muhammad Asif Abbasi <asif.abb...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi Furcy, > > Many thanks for your email :) > > My latest info was that the rename took place due to objections by > Teradata, but didn't know if they had actually requested to take it off the > distribution entirely. > > Does anybody else have an idea on the licensing aspect of this? What > exactly has Teradata patented? Is it the technique to parse the rows in a > such a manner? Any tips/techniques would be highly appreciated. > > Regards, > Asif Abbasi > > > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Furcy Pin <furcy....@flaminem.com> wrote: > >> Hi Muhammad, >> >> From what I've googled a few months ago on the subject, MatchPath UDF has >> been removed from Cloudera and Hortonworks releases because TeraData >> claims it violates one of their patent (apparently renaming it did not >> suffice). >> >> I guess that if you really need it, it might be possible to add it >> yourself as an external UDF since the code is still available out there, >> but I have no idea >> whether TeraData would have the right to come after you (or not?) if you >> do. >> >> By the way, if anyone has news on the current situation with MatchPath >> and TerraData, that would be welcome. >> >> Furcy >> >> >> >> >> 2014-09-03 17:18 GMT+02:00 Muhammad Asif Abbasi <asif.abb...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> Many thanks for sending these links. Looking forward to more >>> documentation around this. >>> >>> BTW, why does " hive-exec-0.13.0.2.1.1.0-385.jar" not have any class >>> files for MatchPath UDF ? Have they been chucked out to a separate JAR >>> file? >>> I can see that " hive-exec-0.13.0.jar" has the appropriate class files, >>> and have tried to use them. They work well with the demo data set but we >>> certainly need more documentation around this. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Asif Abbasi >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for pointing out that we still need documentation for this in >>>> the wiki. (I've added a doc comment to HIVE-5087 >>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-5087>.) In the meantime, >>>> googling "Hive npath" turned up these sources of information: >>>> >>>> - https://github.com/hbutani/SQLWindowing/wiki >>>> - >>>> http://www.slideshare.net/Hadoop_Summit/analytical-queries-with-hive >>>> (slides >>>> 20-21) >>>> - >>>> >>>> http://www.justinjworkman.com/big-data/using-npath-with-apache-hive/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Lefty >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Muhammad Asif Abbasi < >>>> asif.abb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I am trying to use MatchPath UDF (Previously called NPath). Does >>>>> anybody have a document around its syntax and usage? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Asif >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
