I am getting same error in using sqoop import while fetching data from either Mssql or Oracle database. Oracle -> sqoop import --connect "jdbc:oracle:thin:@<ServerName>:<PortName>:<Database>" --hadoop-home "/usr/hdp/2.4.0.0-169/hadoop" --username <UserName> --password <Password> --table <TableName> --hive-overwrite --columns "COL_NAM" --hive-import -hive-database ia_db -hive-table par_str_cols --map-column-hive db_user_nam=string --as-parquetfile -m 1 Mssql -> sqoop import --connect "jdbc:sqlserver://<ServerName>:<PortNo>;database=<DatabaseName>" --username <UserName> --password <Password> --table <TableName> --hive-overwrite --columns "COLUMN1, COLUMN2" --where "COLUMN1 = 7390" --hive-import --target-dir /apps/hive/warehouse/ia_db.db/par_int_cols --as-parquetfile -m 1 I have tried with Integer, Decimal and String columns and getting same error. Note - I am able to import same data in Hive tables as simple text files but getting this error while importing in Parquet format. Can someone give some pointers on what "Error: parquet.Preconditions.checkArgument(ZLjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V" is this? ********************************************************************************************************** 16/03/17 10:43:03 INFO hive.metastore: Trying to connect to metastore with URI thrift://sandbox.hortonworks.com:9083 16/03/17 10:43:03 INFO hive.metastore: Connected to metastore. 16/03/17 10:43:05 INFO impl.TimelineClientImpl: Timeline service address: http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8188/ws/v1/timeline/ 16/03/17 10:43:05 INFO client.RMProxy: Connecting to ResourceManager at sandbox.hortonworks.com/10.0.2.15:8050 16/03/17 10:43:05 INFO hive.metastore: Trying to connect to metastore with URI thrift://sandbox.hortonworks.com:9083 16/03/17 10:43:05 INFO hive.metastore: Connected to metastore. 16/03/17 10:43:11 INFO db.DBInputFormat: Using read commited transaction isolation 16/03/17 10:43:11 INFO mapreduce.JobSubmitter: number of splits:1 16/03/17 10:43:11 INFO mapreduce.JobSubmitter: Submitting tokens for job: job_1458111880471_0054 16/03/17 10:43:13 INFO impl.YarnClientImpl: Submitted application application_1458111880471_0054 16/03/17 10:43:13 INFO mapreduce.Job: The url to track the job: http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8088/proxy/application_1458111880471_0054/ 16/03/17 10:43:13 INFO mapreduce.Job: Running job: job_1458111880471_0054 16/03/17 10:43:28 INFO mapreduce.Job: Job job_1458111880471_0054 running in uber mode : false 16/03/17 10:43:28 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 0% reduce 0% 16/03/17 10:43:42 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 100% reduce 0% 16/03/17 10:43:42 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : attempt_1458111880471_0054_m_000000_0, Status : FAILED Error: parquet.Preconditions.checkArgument(ZLjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V Container killed by the ApplicationMaster. Container killed on request. Exit code is 143 Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143 16/03/17 10:43:43 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 0% reduce 0% 16/03/17 10:43:56 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 100% reduce 0% 16/03/17 10:43:56 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : attempt_1458111880471_0054_m_000000_1, Status : FAILED Error: parquet.Preconditions.checkArgument(ZLjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)V Container killed by the ApplicationMaster. Container killed on request. Exit code is 143 Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143 ********************************************************************************************************************** ... View more