在hive上执行查询：
select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_3>0 UNION ALL select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_7>0 union all select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_9>0 union all select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_11>0 union all select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_12>0 union all select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_17>0 union all select count(*) from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where active_type_22>0;
报错：
FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: Top level UNION is not supported currently; use a subquery for the UNION
原来hive不支持顶层union，只能将union封装在子查询中；且必须为union的查询输出定义别名，正确的hql如下：
select * from (select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_3>0 UNION ALL select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_7>0 union all select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_9>0 union all select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_11>0 union all select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_12>0 union all select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_17>0 union all select count(*) as type3 from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_22>0) tmp;
执行结果如下：
54211920 57691832 41080830 44067696 32052350 34341676 13968539
不过查询出来的结果和hql语句中union的顺序不一致，union子查询中第一个子查询的结果应该是57691832，所以将union子查询改为：
select count(*) as type3 ,'7' as union_order from user_active_vv_20110801_31 where user_active_vv_20110801_31.active_type_7>0
还有一点需要注意的是：hive在创建别名时不能使用关键字 as