Mohan, It will handle it, but it is probably (depending on your use case) not optimal. Hive's sweat spot is structured data.
Bill Thank You, Follow me on @BigData73 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Busch | SSA | Enterprise Information Solutions CWP m: 704.806.2485 | NASDAQ: PRFT | Perficient.com BI/DW | Advanced Analytics | Big Data | ECI| EPM | MDM -----Original Message----- From: Mohan Krishna [mailto:mohan.25fe...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 1:09 PM To: dev@hive.apache.org Subject: Re: dev-ow...@hive.apache.org. Thanks alan for the answer/ So, can i conclude that Hive handles unstructured data? On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Alan Gates <ga...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > Define unstructured. Hive can handle data such Avro or JSON, which I > would call self-structured. I believe the SerDes for these types can > even set the schema for the table or partition you are reading based > on the data in the file. > > Alan. > > Mohan Krishna <mohan.25fe...@gmail.com> December 3, 2014 at 17:01 > Can Hive handles Unstructured data o it handles only structured data? > Please confirm > > > Thanks > Mohan > > > -- > Sent with Postbox <http://www.getpostbox.com> > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is > confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, > distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank > You.