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Virtual Columns

Hive 0.8.0 provides support for two virtual columns:

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For block compressed file, it is the current block's file offset, which is the current block's first byte's file offset.

Since Hive 0.8.0 the following virtual columns have been added:

  • ROW__OFFSET__INSIDE__BLOCK

  • RAW__DATA__SIZE

  • ROW__ID

  • GROUPING__ID

It is important to note, that all of the virtual columns listed here cannot be used for any other purpose (i.e. table creation with columns having a virtual column will fail with "SemanticException Error 10328: Invalid column name..")

Simple Examples

select INPUT__FILE__NAME, key, BLOCK__OFFSET__INSIDE__FILE from src;

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