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Zheng Shao commented on HIVE-1197: ---------------------------------- Can you explain what does "a mapper spans a file" mean? > create a new input format where a mapper spans a file > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-1197 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1197 > Project: Hadoop Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Query Processor > Reporter: Namit Jain > Assignee: Siying Dong > Fix For: 0.6.0 > > > This will be needed for Sort merge joins. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.