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Xuefu Zhang commented on HIVE-19671:
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[~lirui] I think #1 is better. Nondeterministic partitioning including using
random would be a problem in many aspects. #2 is a little harsh, as those are
usually service level attributes. Thanks.
> Distribute by rand() can lead to data inconsistency
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> Key: HIVE-19671
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-19671
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Rui Li
> Assignee: Rui Li
> Priority: Major
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> Noticed the following queries can give different results:
> {code}
> select count(*) from tbl;
> select count(*) from (select * from tbl distribute by rand()) a;
> {code}
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