Hive INSERT OVERWRITE struct NoMatchingMethodException

[#1]

I have a Hive table tweets stored as text that I am trying to write to another table tweetsORC that is ORC. Both have the same structure:

col_name	data_type	comment
racist              	boolean             	from deserializer   
contributors        	string              	from deserializer   
coordinates         	string              	from deserializer   
created_at          	string              	from deserializer   
entities            	struct<hashtags:array<string>,symbols:array<string>,urls:array<struct<display_url:string,expanded_url:string,indices:array<tinyint>,url:string>>,user_mentions:array<string>>	from deserializer   
favorite_count      	tinyint             	from deserializer   
favorited           	boolean             	from deserializer   
filter_level        	string              	from deserializer   
geo                 	string              	from deserializer   
id                  	bigint              	from deserializer   
id_str              	string              	from deserializer   
in_reply_to_screen_name	string              	from deserializer   
in_reply_to_status_id	string              	from deserializer   
in_reply_to_status_id_str	string              	from deserializer   
in_reply_to_user_id 	string              	from deserializer   
in_reply_to_user_id_str	string              	from deserializer   
is_quote_status     	boolean             	from deserializer   
lang                	string              	from deserializer   
place               	string              	from deserializer   
possibly_sensitive  	boolean             	from deserializer   
retweet_count       	tinyint             	from deserializer   
retweeted           	boolean             	from deserializer   
source              	string              	from deserializer   
text                	string              	from deserializer   
timestamp_ms        	string              	from deserializer   
truncated           	boolean             	from deserializer   
user                	struct<contributors_enabled:boolean,created_at:string,default_profile:boolean,default_profile_image:boolean,description:string,favourites_count:tinyint,follow_request_sent:string,followers_count:tinyint,following:string,friends_count:tinyint,geo_enabled:boolean,id:bigint,id_str:string,is_translator:boolean,lang:string,listed_count:tinyint,location:string,name:string,notifications:string,profile_background_color:string,profile_background_image_url:string,profile_background_image_url_https:string,profile_background_tile:boolean,profile_image_url:string,profile_image_url_https:string,profile_link_color:string,profile_sidebar_border_color:string,profile_sidebar_fill_color:string,profile_text_color:string,profile_use_background_image:boolean,protected:boolean,screen_name:string,statuses_count:smallint,time_zone:string,url:string,utc_offset:string,verified:boolean>	from deserializer 

When I try to insert from tweets to tweetsORC I get:

INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE tweetsORC SELECT * FROM tweets;
FAILED: NoMatchingMethodException No matching method for class org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.UDFToString with (struct<hashtags:array<string>,symbols:array<string>,urls:array<struct<display_url:string,expanded_url:string,indices:array<tinyint>,url:string>>,user_mentions:array<string>>). Possible choices: _FUNC_(bigint)  _FUNC_(binary)  _FUNC_(boolean)  _FUNC_(date)  _FUNC_(decimal(38,18))  _FUNC_(double)  _FUNC_(float)  _FUNC_(int)  _FUNC_(smallint)  _FUNC_(string)  _FUNC_(timestamp)  _FUNC_(tinyint)  _FUNC_(void)  

The only help I have found on this kind of problem says to make a UDF use primitive types, but I am not using a UDF! Any help is much appreciated!

FYI: Hive version:

Hive 1.2.1000.2.4.2.0-258
Subversion git://u12-slave-5708dfcd-10/grid/0/jenkins/workspace/HDP-build-ubuntu12/bigtop/output/hive/hive-1.2.1000.2.4.2.0 -r 240760457150036e13035cbb82bcda0c65362f3a

[#2 · Accepted solution]

If I remove the * and instead do the following I get a different error:

INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE tweetsORC SELECT racist, contributors, coordinates, created_at, entities, favorite_count, favorited, filter_level, geo, id,id_str, in_reply_to_screen_name, in_reply_to_status_id, in_reply_to_status_id_str, in_reply_to_user_id, in_reply_to_user_id_str, is_quote_status, lang, place, possibly_sensitive, retweet_count, retweeted, source, text, timestamp_ms, truncated, userFROM tweets;

[#3]

How is this an answer to your question ?