Apache Hive : HPL/SQL - GET DIAGNOSTICS Statement

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Apache Hive : HPL/SQL - GET DIAGNOSTICS Statement

GET DIAGNOSTICS statement allows you to retrieve the error message, the number of rows about the previous SQL statement.

Syntax:

Get the error text:

GET DIAGNOSTICS EXCEPTION 1 var_name = MESSAGE_TEXT;

Get the number of rows associate with the previous SQL statement:

GET DIAGNOSTICS var_name = ROW_COUNT;

Important Note:

  • Hive does not support JDBC Statement.getUpdateCount() for INSERT statements, so GET DIAGNOSTICS ROW_COUNT will return 0 for Hive 0.13 and earlier and -1 for Hive 0.14 and later. See HIVE-7680 for more details.

Compatibility: IBM DB2

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