# Error Invalid partitioner

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [September 6, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821 "2022-09-06T11:38:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mcrotti-gel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/mcrotti-gel/32/819_2.png) [@mcrotti-gel](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mcrotti-gel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821/1 "2022-09-06T11:38:38Z")

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Hello,

I am working with Hail 2.80, and I having this error when trying to read in and perform an operation on a vcf file. This error never occurred when working on Hail 2.60.

Could someone please help me understand this?

Best wishes,

Marco

 ![Screenshot 2022-09-06 at 10.26.47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/hail/original/1X/18ae6d3a07dcb62d028c166c607302d5431aa7b7.png)

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**Author:** ![mcrotti-gel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/mcrotti-gel/32/819_2.png) [@mcrotti-gel](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mcrotti-gel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821/2 "2022-09-06T11:39:09Z")

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![Screenshot 2022-09-06 at 10.29.04](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/hail/original/1X/19155eafde14238697d6053eeee7469a80a9ed7a.png)  
This is the command used that gives the error

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**Author:** ![mcrotti-gel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/mcrotti-gel/32/819_2.png) [@mcrotti-gel](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mcrotti-gel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821/3 "2022-09-06T11:39:41Z")

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![Screenshot 2022-09-06 at 10.26.06](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/hail/original/1X/6f97b1034554048a8c3f284c644d01099e31c9fa.png)

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821/4 "2022-09-06T11:41:04Z")

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This is a Hail bug. Pretty sure it was fixed in one of the last 5 versions, so just update to latest (0.2.98) and this should work.

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**Author:** ![mcrotti-gel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/mcrotti-gel/32/819_2.png) [@mcrotti-gel](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mcrotti-gel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/error-invalid-partitioner/2821/5 "2022-09-06T11:58:00Z")

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Thank you very much