Great, Thank you Shuyi and Rong! 2018-04-14 3:03 GMT+02:00 Rong Rong <walter...@gmail.com>:
> Thanks Peter, Fabian & Shuyi for the input. > > I have also created a task https://issues.apache.org/ > jira/browse/FLINK-9172. > Then we can have external catalog factory support on SQL-Client that works > with the abstractions in Table/SQL API. > > -- > Rong > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 5:00 PM, Shuyi Chen <suez1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've created master JIRA (https://issues.apache.org/ > jira/browse/FLINK-9171 > > ), > > and included all HCatalog related JIRAs as subtasks. This make it easier > to > > track all HCatalog related effort in Flink. Thanks. > > > > Shuyi > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > An HCatalog integration with the Table API/SQL would be great and be > > > helpful for many users! > > > > > > A big +1 to that. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Fabian > > > > > > Shuyi Chen <suez1...@gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 11. Apr. 2018, 14:36: > > > > > > > Thanks a lot, Rong and Peter. > > > > > > > > AFAIK, there is a flink hcatalog connector introduced in FLINK-1466 > > > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1466> that is added by > > > > Fabian. > > > > And there is another JIRA in FLINK-1913 > > > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1913> to document the > use > > > of > > > > connector. > > > > > > > > I think we can start with looking at the existing hcatalog > connector, > > > > adding missing documentation, and come up with a proposal to evolve > the > > > > Flink HCatalog integration with ExternalCatalog, and the SQL client > to > > > make > > > > it both useful both SQL and non-SQL scenarios. > > > > > > > > Given we already have the integration implemented in AthenaX > > > > <https://github.com/uber/AthenaX> internally, we can help drive and > > > > contribute back to the community. > > > > > > > > Shuyi > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Peter Huang < > > > huangzhenqiu0...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Rong, > > > > > > > > > > It is a good point out. I aligned with Fabian yesterday. It is a > good > > > > work > > > > > that I can involve > > > > > to contribute back to Apache Flink after having AthenaX backfill > > > support > > > > > internally. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > Peter Huang > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:52 AM, Rong Rong <walter...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if it is a good idea to support some external > > catalog > > > > > > software, such as Apache HCatalog[2], out-of-the-box for the > > FLIP-24 > > > > > > SQL-Client[1]. There are many widely used catalogs that we can > > > > > incorporate. > > > > > > This way users won't have to always extend and create their own > > > > > > ExternalCatalog.class separately and this could potentially make > > the > > > > > > configuration part easier for SQL users. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Rong > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP- > > > > > 24+-+SQL+Client > > > > > > [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HCatalog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your > > future." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." > > >
