Hi,
This query works fine in Oracle scratch...@mydb.mich.LOCAL> select * from dummy where id = (select max(id) from dummy); ID CLUSTERED SCATTERED RANDOMISED RANDOM_STRING SMALL_VC PADDING ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- 100000000 99999 999 903 qypMpSUppiNTVTLgbrOBczEPZJXUmLjzvZOUvRmIMQAoyYeGZo 100000000 xxxxxxxxxx However, in Hive 2 it fails 0: jdbc:hive2://rhes564:10010/default> select * from dummy where id = (select max(id) from dummy); Error: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: ParseException line 1:32 cannot recognize input near 'select' 'max' '(' in expression specification (state=42000,code=40000) -- Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com NOTE: The information in this email is proprietary and confidential. This message is for the designated recipient only, if you are not the intended recipient, you should destroy it immediately. Any information in this message shall not be understood as given or endorsed by Cloud Technology Partners Ltd, its subsidiaries or their employees, unless expressly so stated. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that this email is virus free, therefore neither Cloud Technology partners Ltd, its subsidiaries nor their employees accept any responsibility.