I am using external tables already. Is the Metastore API not a usable API from inside another Java Application?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com>wrote: > The most programmatic way is to use external tables and then use > HiveService (thrift) to add the partition after your MR job has ran > successfully. > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Hans Uhlig <huh...@uhlisys.com> wrote: > > How can you add a partition to a table programmatically? I have a > > mapreduce= job that needs to perform a "ALTER TABLE x ADD PARTITION IF > NOT > > EXIST (foo= =3D bar) LOCATION '<Mapreduce output>' after it completes. > Is > > there an exa= mple of this anwhere? >
