You can already do that hive allows you to specify different configs. Try hive --help for more info.
On Sunday, July 8, 2012, Jie Li <ji...@cs.duke.edu> wrote: > Thanks Bejoy. > > It might be very convenient to support specifying configuration using a separate conf file, e.g. > > hive -f query.hql -conf conf.xml > > Open a jira? > > Jie > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Bejoy KS <bejoy...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jie >> >> You can set any properties using >> Hive> SET property.name=value; >> Anywhere in a hive session. >> >> Similarly in a file you can set all the required properties before the corresponding queries and execute all queries in the file using >> >> Hive -f fileName.hql >> >> >> Regards >> Bejoy KS >> >> Sent from handheld, please excuse typos. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jie Li <ji...@cs.duke.edu> >> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 16:31:50 >> To: <user@hive.apache.org> >> Reply-To: user@hive.apache.org >> Subject: Specify per-query configuration via a file >> >> Hi all, >> >> Besides "-hiveconf x=y", does Hive support specifying per-query >> configuration via a file? >> >> Thanks, >> Jie >> >> > >