Loading json with varying schema into PIG

Question

I ran into an issue loading a set json documents into PIG. What I have is a lot of json documents that all vary in the fields they have, the fields that I need are in most d

Answer 1

I think this is a known issue with even the latest version of Pig, so there isn't an easy way around this other than to use a more capable JsonLoader.

Use the Elephant Bird JSONLoader instead which will behave the way you expect - in other words respect field ordering.