set hive.fetch.task.conversion=more; DESCRIBE FUNCTION space; DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED space; EXPLAIN SELECT space(10), space(0), space(1), space(-1), space(-100) FROM src tablesample (1 rows); SELECT length(space(10)), length(space(0)), length(space(1)), length(space(-1)), length(space(-100)) FROM src tablesample (1 rows); SELECT space(10), space(0), space(1), space(-1), space(-100) FROM src tablesample (1 rows);