Hi, In oracle,DUMP returns a VARCHAR2 value containing the datatype code, length in bytes, and internal representation of expr.
SELECT DUMP('abc', 1016) FROM DUAL; DUMP('ABC',1016) ------------------------------------------ Typ=96 Len=3 CharacterSet=WE8DEC: 61,62,63 Do we have any equivalent function in Hive? If it's present, can I create a JIRA for this? I feel, it would be useful much while analyzing data issues. -- Thanks, Pandeeswaran