From be36da39280dcaecb49fe367c60de92e9a35a57e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kathleen Ting Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 18:21:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] SQOOP-410. Direct modes can't import views (Jarek Jarcec Cecho via Kathlen Ting) git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sqoop/trunk@1369390 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- src/docs/user/compatibility.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/docs/user/compatibility.txt b/src/docs/user/compatibility.txt index ec1863d1..3576fd7c 100644 --- a/src/docs/user/compatibility.txt +++ b/src/docs/user/compatibility.txt @@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ Sqoop's direct mode does not support imports of +BLOB+, +CLOB+, or +LONGVARBINARY+ columns. Use JDBC-based imports for these columns; do not supply the +\--direct+ argument to the import tool. +Importing views in direct mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Sqoop is currently not supporting import from view in direct mode. Use +JDBC based (non direct) mode in case that you need to import view (simply +omit +--direct+ parameter). Direct-mode Transactions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -136,6 +142,20 @@ IMPORTANT: Note that any arguments to Sqoop that are of the form +-D parameter=value+ are Hadoop _generic arguments_ and must appear before any tool-specific arguments (for example, +\--connect+, +\--table+, etc). +PostgreSQL +~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sqoop supports JDBC-based connector for PostgreSQL: http://jdbc.postgresql.org/ + +The connector has been tested using JDBC driver version "9.1-903 JDBC 4" with +PostgreSQL server 9.1. + +Importing views in direct mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Sqoop is currently not supporting import from view in direct mode. Use +JDBC based (non direct) mode in case that you need to import view (simply +omit +--direct+ parameter). Oracle ~~~~~~