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Rohini Palaniswamy resolved PIG-731. ------------------------------------ Resolution: Duplicate > Passing semicolon as a parameter in UDF causes parser error > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: PIG-731 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-731 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: Bug > Components: grunt > Affects Versions: 0.9.1, 0.10.0 > Reporter: Viraj Bhat > Attachments: CONCATSEP.jar, semicolonerr.pig > > > Pig script, which uses a UDF loads in 3 chararray columns, and then > concatenates columns 2 and 3 using a semicolon. > {code} > register CONCATSEP.jar; > A = LOAD 'someinput/*' USING PigStorage(';') as > (col1:chararray,col2:chararray,col3:chararray); > B = FOREACH A GENERATE col1, string.CONCATSEP(';',col2,col3) as newcol; > STORE B INTO 'someoutput' USING PigStorage(';'); > {code} > The following script causes an error during the parsing stage due to the > semicolon present in the UDF. > ================================================================================= > 2009-03-24 15:50:56,454 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR > 1000: Error during parsing. Lexical error at line 3, column 49. Encountered: > <EOF> after : "\';" > Details at logfile: /homes/viraj/pig-svn/trunk/pig_1237935055635.log > ================================================================================= > There is no workaround for the same, expect to hardcode this in the UDF. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)