https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Pig-job-hanging-when-using-FixedWidthStorer/m-p/97781#M11287 <P>Using our sandbox to load fixed-width file using pig: <A href="https://martin.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21299205" target="_blank">https://martin.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21299205</A></P><P>dump or store into works fine; however, when running with FixedWidthStorer, the job hanging--- no error: store employees into '/user/root/emps-regenerated' USING org.apache.pig.piggybank.storage.FixedWidthStorer('-10, 11-30, 31-50, 51-70, 71-','SKIP_HEADER'); </P><P>2015-12-02 18:35:39,386 [JobControl] INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job - The url to track the job: <A href="http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8088/proxy/application_1449078859822_0001/" target="_blank">http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8088/proxy/application_1449078859822_0001/</A> 2015-12-02 18:35:39,387 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - HadoopJobId: job_1449078859822_0001 2015-12-02 18:35:39,387 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - Processing aliases employees 2015-12-02 18:35:39,387 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - detailed locations: M: employees[1,12] C: R: 2015-12-02 18:35:39,400 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - 0% complete 2015-12-02 18:35:39,400 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - Running jobs are [job_1449078859822_0001] </P> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:28:55 GMT rxu 2015-12-03T06:28:55Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Pig-job-hanging-when-using-FixedWidthStorer/m-p/97781#M11287 <P>Using our sandbox to load fixed-width file using pig: <A href="https://martin.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21299205" target="_blank">https://martin.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21299205</A></P><P>dump or store into works fine; however, when running with FixedWidthStorer, the job hanging--- no error: store employees into '/user/root/emps-regenerated' USING org.apache.pig.piggybank.storage.FixedWidthStorer('-10, 11-30, 31-50, 51-70, 71-','SKIP_HEADER'); </P><P>2015-12-02 18:35:39,386 [JobControl] INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job - The url to track the job: <A href="http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8088/proxy/application_1449078859822_0001/" target="_blank">http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8088/proxy/application_1449078859822_0001/</A> 2015-12-02 18:35:39,387 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - HadoopJobId: job_1449078859822_0001 2015-12-02 18:35:39,387 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - Processing aliases employees 2015-12-02 18:35:39,387 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - detailed locations: M: employees[1,12] C: R: 2015-12-02 18:35:39,400 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - 0% complete 2015-12-02 18:35:39,400 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.executionengine.mapReduceLayer.MapReduceLauncher - Running jobs are [job_1449078859822_0001] </P> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:28:55 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Pig-job-hanging-when-using-FixedWidthStorer/m-p/97781#M11287 rxu 2015-12-03T06:28:55Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Pig-job-hanging-when-using-FixedWidthStorer/m-p/97782#M11288 <P>Figured it out: Note that the last column must have a defined end though; "71-" will cause an error.</P> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:42:04 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Pig-job-hanging-when-using-FixedWidthStorer/m-p/97782#M11288 rxu 2015-12-03T06:42:04Z