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Zheng Shao commented on HIVE-365: --------------------------------- I am thinking something like: {code} CREATE TABLE nested(array_of_arrays ARRAY < ARRAY <INT>>, map_of_maps MAP < STRING, MAP < INT, INT> > ) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' '\002' '\003' '\004' '\005'; {code} Basically allowing multiple separators after "FIELDS TERMINATED". The top level (fields) consumes 1 level of separators. Each level of array consumes 1 level of separators, while each level of map consumes 2. > Create Table to support multiple levels of delimiters > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-365 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-365 > Project: Hadoop Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Zheng Shao > > From HIVE-337, the SerDe layer now supports multiple-levels of delimiters, > for the purpose of supporting nested map/array/struct. > Array(the same as List) and struct consume a single level of separator, and > Map consumes 2 levels. > DDL (Create Table) needs to allow users to specify multiple levels of > delimiters in order to take the advantage of this new feature. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.