PREHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION nvl PREHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION POSTHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION nvl POSTHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION nvl(value,default_value) - Returns default value if value is null else returns value PREHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED nvl PREHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION POSTHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED nvl POSTHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION nvl(value,default_value) - Returns default value if value is null else returns value Example: > SELECT nvl(null,'bla') FROM src LIMIT 1; bla PREHOOK: query: EXPLAIN SELECT NVL( 1 , 2 ) AS COL1, NVL( NULL, 5 ) AS COL2 FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: query: EXPLAIN SELECT NVL( 1 , 2 ) AS COL1, NVL( NULL, 5 ) AS COL2 FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREE: (TOK_QUERY (TOK_FROM (TOK_TABREF (TOK_TABNAME src))) (TOK_INSERT (TOK_DESTINATION (TOK_DIR TOK_TMP_FILE)) (TOK_SELECT (TOK_SELEXPR (TOK_FUNCTION NVL 1 2) COL1) (TOK_SELEXPR (TOK_FUNCTION NVL TOK_NULL 5) COL2)) (TOK_LIMIT 1))) STAGE DEPENDENCIES: Stage-1 is a root stage Stage-0 is a root stage STAGE PLANS: Stage: Stage-1 Map Reduce Alias -> Map Operator Tree: src TableScan alias: src Select Operator expressions: expr: if 1 is null returns2 type: int expr: if null is null returns5 type: int outputColumnNames: _col0, _col1 Limit File Output Operator compressed: false GlobalTableId: 0 table: input format: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat output format: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat Stage: Stage-0 Fetch Operator limit: 1 PREHOOK: query: SELECT NVL( 1 , 2 ) AS COL1, NVL( NULL, 5 ) AS COL2 FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src #### A masked pattern was here #### POSTHOOK: query: SELECT NVL( 1 , 2 ) AS COL1, NVL( NULL, 5 ) AS COL2 FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src #### A masked pattern was here #### 1 5