Re: ENV variables from CLI

2012-05-03 Thread Sam William
Thanks guys,Adding the 'env:' in my 'add jar' works. Sam On May 3, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Edward Capriolo wrote: > That is generally how you set hiveconf. Env variables can be accessed this > way. > > hive> set x=${env:HOME}; > hive> set x; > x=/home/edward > > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012

Re: ENV variables from CLI

2012-05-03 Thread Edward Capriolo
That is generally how you set hiveconf. Env variables can be accessed this way. hive> set x=${env:HOME}; hive> set x; x=/home/edward On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Nitin Pawar wrote: > if you are looking at having parameters from external world to hive shells > then i would recommend > > 1) d

Re: ENV variables from CLI

2012-05-02 Thread Nitin Pawar
if you are looking at having parameters from external world to hive shells then i would recommend 1) define all your query set into a file 2) when you execute the query like hive -f hive.hql -hiveconf parameter1=`echo $env-value` and then in the hive.hql file you can access this command line para

ENV variables from CLI

2012-05-02 Thread Sam William
How can I read env variables from the CLI . The basic set command might not be enough for me. Essentially this is what Im trying to do - create a .hiverc file under $HIVE_HOME/bin so as to to create UDFs for everyone in the company to access . I d like to create the .hiverc file with c