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Ashutosh Chauhan resolved HIVE-6509. ------------------------------------ Resolution: Invalid I tried this on latest trunk and I was able to get it to work. Please reopen if you can repro and provide a test-case. > Error in metadata: MetaException(message:java.lang.IllegalStateException: > Can't overwrite cause) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-6509 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6509 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Task > Reporter: Rishabh Bhardwaj > Labels: newbie > > I have created a external table and when I provide the location of the data > for this table I get the following error: > FAILED: Error in metadata: > MetaException(message:java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't overwrite cause) > FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask > Also I am able to load the same file using PIG Script using the PigStorage() > loader function. > I have the following permissions on the file: -rw-rw-r-- > and on the folder where this file resides (Giving the path of this folder in > location in the query ) : drwxrwxr-x > What can be the cause for this and how to correct this error ? -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)