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Hive Convert Array to String

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It is simple if it is an array, there is an UDF called concat_ws(SEP, array). But concat_ws can only handle array, not for array, array. Hive doesn't support cast array to array or string. You cannot insert into a table with a string column for the array.

Run out of options? You can actually use TRANSFORM and /bin/cat to convert to string like this: when the column is passed to the script, it convert into a string same as when you run "select * from table".


create table regions(
...
coordinates array<array<double>>,
...
)

from regions select transform(coordinates) using '/bin/cat' as (coordinates);

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