PREHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION substr PREHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION POSTHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION substr POSTHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION substr(str, pos[, len]) - returns the substring of str that starts at pos and is of length len PREHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED substr PREHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION POSTHOOK: query: DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED substr POSTHOOK: type: DESCFUNCTION substr(str, pos[, len]) - returns the substring of str that starts at pos and is of length len Synonyms: substring pos is a 1-based index. If pos<0 the starting position is determined by counting backwards from the end of str. Example: > SELECT substr('Facebook', 5) FROM src LIMIT 1; 'book' > SELECT substr('Facebook', -5) FROM src LIMIT 1; 'ebook' > SELECT substr('Facebook', 5, 1) FROM src LIMIT 1; 'b' PREHOOK: query: SELECT substr(null, 1), substr(null, 1, 1), substr('ABC', null), substr('ABC', null, 1), substr('ABC', 1, null) FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src PREHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/1212301644/10000 POSTHOOK: query: SELECT substr(null, 1), substr(null, 1, 1), substr('ABC', null), substr('ABC', null, 1), substr('ABC', 1, null) FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src POSTHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/1212301644/10000 NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL PREHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABC', 1, 0), substr('ABC', 1, -1), substr('ABC', 2, -100), substr('ABC', 4), substr('ABC', 4, 100), substr('ABC', -4), substr('ABC', -4, 100), substr('ABC', 100), substr('ABC', 100, 100), substr('ABC', -100), substr('ABC', -100, 100), substr('ABC', 2147483647), substr('ABC', 2147483647, 2147483647) FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src PREHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/975822262/10000 POSTHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABC', 1, 0), substr('ABC', 1, -1), substr('ABC', 2, -100), substr('ABC', 4), substr('ABC', 4, 100), substr('ABC', -4), substr('ABC', -4, 100), substr('ABC', 100), substr('ABC', 100, 100), substr('ABC', -100), substr('ABC', -100, 100), substr('ABC', 2147483647), substr('ABC', 2147483647, 2147483647) FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src POSTHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/975822262/10000 PREHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABCDEFG', 3, 4), substr('ABCDEFG', -5, 4), substr('ABCDEFG', 3), substr('ABCDEFG', -5), substr('ABC', 0), substr('ABC', 1), substr('ABC', 2), substr('ABC', 3), substr('ABC', 1, 2147483647), substr('ABC', 2, 2147483647), substr('A', 0), substr('A', 1), substr('A', -1) FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src PREHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/967105187/10000 POSTHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABCDEFG', 3, 4), substr('ABCDEFG', -5, 4), substr('ABCDEFG', 3), substr('ABCDEFG', -5), substr('ABC', 0), substr('ABC', 1), substr('ABC', 2), substr('ABC', 3), substr('ABC', 1, 2147483647), substr('ABC', 2, 2147483647), substr('A', 0), substr('A', 1), substr('A', -1) FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src POSTHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/967105187/10000 CDEF CDEF CDEFG CDEFG ABC ABC BC C ABC BC A A A PREHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABC', 0, 1), substr('ABC', 0, 2), substr('ABC', 0, 3), substr('ABC', 0, 4), substr('ABC', 1, 1), substr('ABC', 1, 2), substr('ABC', 1, 3), substr('ABC', 1, 4), substr('ABC', 2, 1), substr('ABC', 2, 2), substr('ABC', 2, 3), substr('ABC', 2, 4), substr('ABC', 3, 1), substr('ABC', 3, 2), substr('ABC', 3, 3), substr('ABC', 3, 4), substr('ABC', 4, 1) FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src PREHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/459634365/10000 POSTHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABC', 0, 1), substr('ABC', 0, 2), substr('ABC', 0, 3), substr('ABC', 0, 4), substr('ABC', 1, 1), substr('ABC', 1, 2), substr('ABC', 1, 3), substr('ABC', 1, 4), substr('ABC', 2, 1), substr('ABC', 2, 2), substr('ABC', 2, 3), substr('ABC', 2, 4), substr('ABC', 3, 1), substr('ABC', 3, 2), substr('ABC', 3, 3), substr('ABC', 3, 4), substr('ABC', 4, 1) FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src POSTHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/459634365/10000 A AB ABC ABC A AB ABC ABC B BC BC BC C C C C PREHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABC', -1, 1), substr('ABC', -1, 2), substr('ABC', -1, 3), substr('ABC', -1, 4), substr('ABC', -2, 1), substr('ABC', -2, 2), substr('ABC', -2, 3), substr('ABC', -2, 4), substr('ABC', -3, 1), substr('ABC', -3, 2), substr('ABC', -3, 3), substr('ABC', -3, 4), substr('ABC', -4, 1) FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src PREHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/563894102/10000 POSTHOOK: query: SELECT substr('ABC', -1, 1), substr('ABC', -1, 2), substr('ABC', -1, 3), substr('ABC', -1, 4), substr('ABC', -2, 1), substr('ABC', -2, 2), substr('ABC', -2, 3), substr('ABC', -2, 4), substr('ABC', -3, 1), substr('ABC', -3, 2), substr('ABC', -3, 3), substr('ABC', -3, 4), substr('ABC', -4, 1) FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src POSTHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/563894102/10000 C C C C B BC BC BC A AB ABC ABC PREHOOK: query: -- substring() is a synonim of substr(), so just perform some basic tests SELECT substring('ABCDEFG', 3, 4), substring('ABCDEFG', -5, 4), substring('ABCDEFG', 3), substring('ABCDEFG', -5), substring('ABC', 0), substring('ABC', 1), substring('ABC', 2), substring('ABC', 3), substring('ABC', 1, 2147483647), substring('ABC', 2, 2147483647), substring('A', 0), substring('A', 1), substring('A', -1) FROM src LIMIT 1 PREHOOK: type: QUERY PREHOOK: Input: default@src PREHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/833687667/10000 POSTHOOK: query: -- substring() is a synonim of substr(), so just perform some basic tests SELECT substring('ABCDEFG', 3, 4), substring('ABCDEFG', -5, 4), substring('ABCDEFG', 3), substring('ABCDEFG', -5), substring('ABC', 0), substring('ABC', 1), substring('ABC', 2), substring('ABC', 3), substring('ABC', 1, 2147483647), substring('ABC', 2, 2147483647), substring('A', 0), substring('A', 1), substring('A', -1) FROM src LIMIT 1 POSTHOOK: type: QUERY POSTHOOK: Input: default@src POSTHOOK: Output: file:/Users/carl/Projects/hd8/hive-trunk/build/ql/tmp/833687667/10000 CDEF CDEF CDEFG CDEFG ABC ABC BC C ABC BC A A 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