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sqoop/src/docs/user/create-hive-table.txt
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+sqoop-create-hive-table+
-------------------------
Purpose
~~~~~~~
include::create-hive-table-purpose.txt[]
Syntax
~~~~~~
----
$ sqoop create-hive-table (generic-args) (create-hive-table-args)
$ sqoop-create-hive-table (generic-args) (create-hive-table-args)
----
Although the Hadoop generic arguments must preceed any create-hive-table
arguments, the create-hive-table arguments can be entered in any order
with respect to one another.
include::common-args.txt[]
.Hive arguments:
[grid="all"]
`-----------------------------`-------------------------------------------
Argument Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\--hive-home <dir>+ Override +$HIVE_HOME+
+\--hive-overwrite+ Overwrite existing data in the Hive table.
+\--hive-table <table-name>+ Sets the table name to use when importing \
to Hive.
+\--table+ The database table to read the \
definition from.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
include::output-args.txt[]
Do not use enclosed-by or escaped-by delimiters with output formatting
arguments used to import to Hive. Hive cannot currently parse them.
Example Invocations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Define in Hive a table named +emps+ with a definition based on a
database table named +employees+:
----
$ sqoop create-hive-table --connect jdbc:mysql://db.example.com/corp \
--table employees --hive-table emps
----