Hi,
Can u post some more details like which version u r using and what sequence of queries u have executed. When I checked the trunk code this exception will come when getCols() returns null. Check u r metadata is in good state or not. Thanks Chinna Rao Lalam ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vikas Srivastava <vikas.srivast...@one97.net> Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:26 PM Subject: Problem in hive To: user@hive.apache.org HI team, i m facing this problem. show tables is running fine but when i run below query. hive> select * from aircel_obd; FAILED: Hive Internal Error: java.lang.NullPointerException(null) java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Table.checkValidity(Table.java:162) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:886) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:787) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticAnalyzer.getMetaData(SemanticAnalyze r.java:893) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticAnalyzer.analyzeInternal(SemanticAna lyzer.java:7203) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.BaseSemanticAnalyzer.analyze(BaseSemanticAna lyzer.java:240) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:428) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:336) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:901) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:253) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:210) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:401) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:660) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39 ) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl .java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:156) -- With Regards Vikas Srivastava DWH & Analytics Team Mob:+91 9560885900 One97 | Let's get talking ! -- With Regards Vikas Srivastava DWH & Analytics Team Mob:+91 9560885900 One97 | Let's get talking !