I tried Hive 2.0.1, 2.3.2 and now Hive 3/ I explicitly added hivexmlserde jar file as ADD JAR shown below
0: jdbc:hive2://rhes75:10099/default> ADD JAR hdfs://rhes75:9000/jars/hivexmlserde-1.0.5.3.jar; No rows affected (0.002 seconds) But still cannot create an xml table 0: jdbc:hive2://rhes75:10099/default> CREATE TABLE xml_41 (imap map<string,string>) ROW FORMAT SERDE 'com.ibm.spss.hive.serde2.xml.XmlSerDe' WITH SERDEPROPERTIES ("column.xpath.imap"="/file-format/data-set/element","xml.map.specification.element"="@name->#content") STORED AS INPUTFORMAT 'com.ibm.spss.hive.serde2.xml.XmlInputFormat' OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.IgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat' TBLPROPERTIES ("xmlinput.start"="<file-format>","xmlinput.end"="</file-format>"); Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/SerDe (state=08S01,code=1) Does anyone know the cause of this or which version of Hive supports creating an XML table? Thanks Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction.