On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Nitin Kesarwani <bumble....@gmail.com>wrote:
> Mohit, > > You can use this patch to suit your need: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2579 > > New fields in Avro schema descriptor file need to have a non-null default > value. Hence, using the new schema file, you should be able to read older > data as well. Try it out. It is very straight forward. > > Hope this helps! Thanks! I am new to Avro what's the best place to see some examples of how Avro deals with schema changes? I am trying to find some examples. > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I've heard that Avro provides a good way of dealing with changing schemas. > > I am not sure how it could be done without keeping some kind of structure > > along with the data. Are there any good examples and documentation that I > > can look at? > > > > -N >
