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JAVA NPE occurs retrieving Hive UNIONTYPE columns with the Connect for JDBC Hive driver.

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TitleJAVA NPE occurs retrieving Hive UNIONTYPE columns with the Connect for JDBC Hive driver.
URL NameJAVA-NPE-occurs-retrieving-Hive-UNIONTYPE-columns-with-the-Connect-for-JDBC-Hive-driver
Article Number000182516
EnvironmentProduct: ConnectXE for JDBC Apache Hive driver
Version: 5.1.4.0107
OS: All supported platforms
Database: Hive 0.12.0 (CDH 5.1) and 0.10.0 (CDH 4.5)
Application: Java
Question/Problem Description
JAVA Null Pointer Exception occurs retrieving Hive UNIONTYPE column with the Connect for JDBC Hive driver.
Steps to Reproduce
Clarifying Information
When metadata.getColumns is made on a Hive table that contains a column with UNIOTYPE data type a Null Pointer exception occurs
Error MessageJAVA Null Pointer Exception occurs retrieving Hive UNIONTYPE columns with the Connect for JDBC Hive driver.
Defect Number
Enhancement Number
Cause
The exact cause of the issue was not identified.
Resolution
Fixed in hot fix 5.1.4.0111

Refer to Connect for JDBC hot fix download and install instructions for instructions on how to download and install the hot fix.
Workaround
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Last Modified Date11/17/2015 4:07 PM
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