The error could be because of the missing brackets after the word cache - .ticketRdd.cache()
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 7:26 AM, Priya Ch <learnings.chitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. > > I have scenario like this- > I have rdd of ticket records and another rdd of booking records. for each > ticket record, i need to check whether any link exists in booking table. > > val ticketCachedRdd = ticketRdd.cache > > ticketRdd.foreach{ > ticket => > val bookingRecords = queryOnBookingTable (date, flightNumber, flightCarrier) > // this function queries the booking table and retrieves the booking rows > println(ticketCachedRdd.count) // this is throwing Null pointer exception > > } > > Is there somthing wrong in the count, i am trying to use the count of cached > rdd when looping through the actual rdd. whats wrong in this ? > > Thanks, > Padma Ch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org