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Namit Jain updated HIVE-996: ---------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Hadoop Flags: [Reviewed] Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available) Committed. Thanks Carl > "describe function" throws NPE when when called on UDTF or UDAF > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-996 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-996 > Project: Hadoop Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Query Processor > Reporter: Carl Steinbach > Assignee: Carl Steinbach > Fix For: 0.5.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-996.2.patch, HIVE-996.3.patch, HIVE-996.4.patch, > HIVE-996.patch > > > {noformat} > hive> describe function explode; > describe function explode; > FAILED: Error in metadata: java.lang.NullPointerException > FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask > hive> describe function sum; > describe function sum; > FAILED: Error in metadata: java.lang.NullPointerException > FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask > hive> describe function conv; > describe function conv; > OK > conv(num, from_base, to_base) - convert num from from_base to to_base > Time taken: 0.042 seconds > {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.