@Todd Wilson Got the same error ,but followed these steps and import the data successfully. step 1: --------- export HADOOP_CLASSPATH=/usr/local/hive/lib/* export LIB_JARS=/usr/lib/tdch/1.4/lib/terajdbc4.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/hive-metastore-0.13.1-SNAPSHOT.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/hive-exec-0.13.1-SNAPSHOT.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/hive-cli-0.13.1-SNAPSHOT.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/jdo-api-3.0.1.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/libfb303-0.9.0.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/libthrift-0.9.0.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/antlr-runtime-3.4.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/datanucleus-core-3.2.10.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/datanucleus-api-jdo-3.2.6.jar,/usr/local/hive/lib/datanucleus-rdbms-3.2.9.jar step 2: --------- CREATE TABLE `test`( `colum1` int, `colum2` int, `colum3` string ) STORED AS ORC; step 3: --------- hadoop jar /usr/lib/tdch/1.4/lib/teradata-connector-1.4.4.jar \ com.teradata.connector.common.tool.ConnectorImportTool \ -libjars $LIB_JARS \ -url jdbc:teradata://<DB_NAME>/database=SCHEMA_NAME \ -username <username> \ -password <password> \ -jobtype hive -hiveconf 'file:///etc/hive/conf/hive-site.xml' \ -fileformat orcfile \ -sourcetable test \ -targetdatabase default \ -targettable test \ -nummappers 16 \ -method split.by.hash \ -splitbycolumn colum1 ... View more