set hive.fetch.task.conversion=more; DESCRIBE FUNCTION repeat; DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED repeat; EXPLAIN SELECT repeat("Facebook", 3), repeat("", 4), repeat("asd", 0), repeat("asdf", -1) FROM src tablesample (1 rows); SELECT repeat("Facebook", 3), repeat("", 4), repeat("asd", 0), repeat("asdf", -1) FROM src tablesample (1 rows);