I have my below query in test1.hql file . I am trying to pass

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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T03:58:06+00:00 2026-06-09T03:58:06+00:00

I have my below query in test1.hql file. I am trying to pass the date (dt) as the command line argument.

select * from lip_data_quality where dt = '${hiveconf: start_date}';

So whenever I try to run the above test1.hql file from shell prompt like this-

 hive -f hivetest1.hql -hiveconf start_date=20120709

I get zero records back. But the data is there in that table for that particular date. Why is it so? Something wrong I am doing?

Can anyone help me out here? I was following Bejoy’s Article

I am working Hive 0.6

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-09T03:58:07+00:00

Editorial Team

Eliminate the space between hiveconf: and start_date.

This may only be for string types, but Hive is picky in this respect.

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