Try using alias qualified columns fir common columns in bith tables...something like this one select date_key,ref, '' from master_request_tab a left join dm_search_eng b on substr(ref, 1,length(a.engine)) = b.engine where a.engineis null; On Oct 6, 2015 9:19 AM, "Garry Chen" <g...@cornell.edu> wrote:
> Hi All, > > Do you guys see any error in the following left join sql > statement? However, the hive give me error as “Error: Error while > compiling statement: FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10017]: Line 1:75 > Both left and right aliases encountered in JOIN 'engine' > (state=42000,code=10017)”. Please let me kow where I am doing wrong. > Thank you. > > > > select date_key,ref, '' from master_request_tab left join dm_search_eng on > substr(ref, 1, length(engine)) = engine where engine is null; > > > > > > >