Impala can perform a COUNT(*) but not a SELECT * from a table
<p>I came across a bizarre Impala behaviour. I've create a table in HUE from a .csv file I've copied into the Hadoop cluster. I can correctly navigate the table in HUE via the Metastore Manager but I can't run the following query in Impala, as it throws an <code>IllegalStateException: null</code> exception:</p>

<pre><code>select * 
from my_db.my_table
limit 100;
</code></pre>

<p>The strange thing is that the following command retrieve the correct number of rows:</p>

<pre><code>select 
  count(*)
from my_db.my_table;
</code></pre>