Sure -- use -hiveconf X=Y, which allows your script to reference ${hiveconf:X}On Feb 13, 2012, at 7:19 AM, "Wojciech Langiewicz" <wlangiew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Is it possible (and how) to pass parameters to hive scripts from command > line? > I would imagine something like: > hive -f xyz.sql -p date='2012-02-13' > which will substitute any occurrence of $date string in xyz.sql file. > > I've searched wiki and list archive, but I didn't find any clues about > such feature. > > If you know how to pass parameters to hive queries, please let me know. > > -- > Wojciech Langiewicz
