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Ashutosh Chauhan updated HIVE-1608: ----------------------------------- Status: Open (was: Patch Available) [~appodictic] Do you know whats the factor usually? How large is sequence file compared to text in usual scenario? [~brocknoland] It will be good to enlist the benefits we will get by switching over to sequence file. > use sequencefile as the default for storing intermediate results > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-1608 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1608 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Query Processor > Affects Versions: 0.7.0 > Reporter: Namit Jain > Assignee: Brock Noland > Fix For: 0.14.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-1608.patch > > > The only argument for having a text file for storing intermediate results > seems to be better debuggability. > But, tailing a sequence file is possible, and it should be more space > efficient -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)