Hi team, I’d like to start a discussion about FLIP-316 [1], which introduces a SQL driver as the default main class for Flink SQL jobs.
Currently, Flink SQL could be executed out of the box either via SQL Client/Gateway or embedded in a Flink Java/Python program. However, each one has its drawback: - SQL Client/Gateway doesn’t support the application deployment mode [2] - Flink Java/Python program requires extra work to write a non-SQL program Therefore, I propose adding a SQL driver to act as the default main class for SQL jobs. Please see the FLIP docs for details and feel free to comment. Thanks! [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-316%3A+Introduce+SQL+Driver <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-316:+Introduce+SQL+Driver> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-26541 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-26541> Best, Paul Lam
