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apache pig error in loading

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I am facing the following error on the cmd:

 

command:

grunt> A =  LOAD 'C:\data\myfile.txt';

or 

grunt> a = load 'c:\data\myfile.txt' using PigStorage(' ') as (f1:int,f2:int, f3:int);

error:
<line 1, column 14>  Unexpected character 'D'
2020-03-15 20:56:50,153 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR 1200: <line 1, column 14>  Unexpected character 'D'
Details at logfile: C:\deploy\logs\pig_1584281243336.log

 

 

the error trace is as follows- 

Pig Stack Trace
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ERROR 1200: <line 1, column 14>  Unexpected character 'D'
Failed to parse: <line 1, column 14>  Unexpected character 'D'
 at org.apache.pig.parser.QueryParserDriver.parse(QueryParserDriver.java:246)
 at org.apache.pig.parser.QueryParserDriver.parse(QueryParserDriver.java:182)
 at org.apache.pig.PigServer$Graph.validateQuery(PigServer.java:1792)
 at org.apache.pig.PigServer$Graph.registerQuery(PigServer.java:1765)
 at org.apache.pig.PigServer.registerQuery(PigServer.java:708)
 at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.processPig(GruntParser.java:1110)
 at org.apache.pig.tools.pigscript.parser.PigScriptParser.parse(PigScriptParser.java:512)
 at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.parseStopOnError(GruntParser.java:230)
 at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.GruntParser.parseStopOnError(GruntParser.java:205)
 at org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt.run(Grunt.java:66)
 at org.apache.pig.Main.run(Main.java:564)
 at org.apache.pig.Main.main(Main.java:175)
 
 
 
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

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You should represent your data in this case: 'C:\\data\\myfile.txt'.

I had the same problem. 

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Hi @somi

Just looking at the error message alone, it seems to me like the problem is with your data file. Can you post the first few lines of the input data file myfile.txt in this thread?

 

 

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sir myfile.txt contains simply the following trial data-

 

 

1 2 3

4 5 6

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You should represent your data in this case: 'C:\\data\\myfile.txt'.

I had the same problem.