+1 for *Programming Hive* (Capriolo. Wampler & Rutherglen, 2012 O'Reilly although the author order on the cover is Rutherglen, Wampler & Capriolo). Available in various formats at O'Reilly and Amazon.
Did you already look at the Hive wiki ( https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Home)? In particular: - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/GettingStarted - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Tutorial – Lefty Leverenz On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Joey D'Antoni <jdant...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I second this recommendation. Dean's Hive book helped me more with Hadoop > than the o'reilly Hadoop book did. > > Joey D'Antoni > > > > > On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:57 AM, John Omernik <j...@omernik.com> wrote: > > Hello William - Dean Wampler posts quit often on this list and has done > (to my eye) a great job of separating his business (he and other authors > have written a Hive book) from the community aspect of (he participates > freely on the list without a lot of self promotion). > > Therefore, I will give him some unself (is that a word?) promotion for his > book. Dean, and others have written a Hive book published by O'Reilly (I > included a link to it on Amazon) > > A few thoughts. Prior to getting the book, I had used Hive from a > standpoint of a strong SQL background and no big data experience for about > a year. Much of what Hive is and can do was abstracted away from me, and I > just wrote queries. After getting the Programming Hive book I truly > understood Hive AND I also understod Hadoop better. I had purchased the > Hadoop O'Reilly book when I started my new position, but found Hadoop to be > pretty beyond me (at the time). Since then, experience and the O'Reilly > Hive book have been awesome for me understanding what makes Hive great. > Give it a shout. I have no financial interest, and Dean and the Other > Authors don't know me at all, this is just a freely given thought on the > book. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Hive-Edward-Capriolo/dp/1449319335/ > > \\\ > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:43 AM, William Kang <weliam.cl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I just get started with Hive. >> >> I already installed Hive and finished a few examples. >> >> Would you please give me some suggestions on a few good books or >> tutorials for me to continue? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> >> William >> > >
