// all other tables are small, and are cached in the hash table
posBigTable = conf.getPosBigTable();
emptyList = new RowContainer<ArrayList<Object>>(1, hconf);
RowContainer bigPosRC = JoinUtil.getRowContainer(hconf,
rowContainerStandardObjectInspectors.get((byte) posBigTable),
order[posBigTable], joinCacheSize,spillTableDesc, conf,noOuterJoin);
storage.put((byte) posBigTable, bigPosRC);
mapJoinRowsKey = HiveConf.getIntVar(hconf,