Hi Prakash, You can extract query string from url using 'parse_url' udf.
hive> describe function parse_url; OK parse_url(url, partToExtract[, key]) - extracts a part from a URL Time taken: 0.024 seconds hive> hive> select parse_url(' http://www.example.com/searches/tagged_with?company=2-Opico&page=8&product=36154-7653-BACKUP-PLATE-F-STORAGE-STAND&tag=demco', 'QUERY', 'tag') from r; . . Ended Job = job_200911251712_2046 OK demco Time taken: 19.405 seconds hive> Regards, Youngwoo 2010/3/9 prakash sejwani <prakashsejw...@gmail.com> > Hi All, > i have a query below > SELECT regexp_extract(resource,'/\&tag=([^\&]+)/') FROM a_log; > > it gives black result > > the sample resource string is like this > "/searches/tagged_with?company=2-Opico&page=8&product=36154-7653-BACKUP-PLATE-F-STORAGE-STAND&tag=demco" > i want to extract demco out of it > > please help me with this > > > thanks' > prakash > Econify Infotech > Mumbai > >