An SQL procedure query that accesses Hive might result in an error similar to the following:

Some of the known PROC SQL queries that have encountered this error are the following:

Case #1

• running Hive 2.1
• includes an inner join of two Hive tables
• a new Hive table is being created with the results
• the system option DBIDIRECTEXEC is in effect
• contains a WHERE clause that includes the comparison of two variables using an inequality operator (>, <, and so on)

Case #2

• running Hive 2.1
• includes an inner join of two Hive tables
• contains a WHERE clause that includes the comparison of two variables using an inequality operator (>, <, and so on)
• includes a GROUP BY clause

The query generated and passed to the database has the WHERE condition added to the ON clause rather than including a WHERE clause. Due to a limitation with Hive 2.1, inequalities are not allowed in the ON clause. 

A workaround is to upgrade to Hive 2.2 where this limitation is addressed.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue. 

After you install the hot fix, you must also add the following statement to your code to enable the fix:

The new environment variable that is added with the hot fix affects all SAS/ACCESS^® products. Setting the environment variable to YES or Y reverts to the default setting and results in the predicate folding of the WHERE condition to the ON clause. 

Applying either hot fix from the Hot Fix tab—Hot Fix B6Q073 (SAS^® 9.4 TS1M5) or Hot Fix D9T029 (SAS^® 9.4 TS1M6)—does not address queries that contain a GROUP BY clause.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at: