> Unable to query carbon table with complex data type on hive
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> Key: CARBONDATA-959
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CARBONDATA-959> Project: CarbonData
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: hive-integration
> Affects Versions: 1.0.0-incubating
> Environment: hive1.2.1,spark 2.1
> Reporter: anubhav tarar
> Assignee: anubhav tarar
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: newdata.csv
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> started the spark shell
> created carbon table with complex type
> carbon.sql("create table complextypes(id string,MAC array<string>) stored by 'carbondata' ")
> carbon.sql("""LOAD DATA INPATH 'hdfs://localhost:54310/newdata.csv' into table complextypes""")
> start hive shell
> create table complex(id string,mac array<string>);
> OK
> alter table complextype set FILEFORMAT
> > INPUTFORMAT "org.apache.carbondata.hive.MapredCarbonInputFormat"
> > OUTPUTFORMAT "org.apache.carbondata.hive.MapredCarbonOutputFormat"
> > SERDE "org.apache.carbondata.hive.CarbonHiveSerDe";
> alter table complex set LOCATION 'hdfs://localhost:54310/opt/carbonStore/default/complextypes' ;
> query the data
> hive> select * from complex;
> OK
> Failed with exception java.io.IOException:java.lang.NullPointerException
> Time taken: 2.05 seconds