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Namit Jain commented on HIVE-556: --------------------------------- a.dt='20090609' is the filter > let hive support theta join > --------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-556 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-556 > Project: Hadoop Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Affects Versions: 0.4.0 > Reporter: Min Zhou > Fix For: 0.4.0 > > > Right now , hive only support equal joins . Sometimes it's not enough, we > must consider implementing theta joins like > {code:sql} > SELECT > a.subid, a.id, t.url > FROM > tbl t JOIN aux_tbl a ON t.url rlike a.url_pattern > WHERE > t.dt='20090609' > AND a.dt='20090609'; > {code} > any condition expression following 'ON' is appropriate. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.