The name is misleading; this is the directory within HDFS where Hive stores the data, by default. (External tables can go elsewhere). It doesn't really have anything to do with the metastore.
dean On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Can some one help me on this ? I am stuck installing and configuring Hive > with Oracle. Your timely help is really aprreciated. > > *From:* Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> > *To:* Hive <user@hive.apache.org>; User <u...@hadoop.apache.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:08 PM > *Subject:* hive.metastore.warehouse.dir - Should it point to a physical > directory > > Hi, > > I am configurinig Hive. I ahve a question on the property > hive.metastore.warehouse.dir. > > Should this point to a physical directory. I am guessing it is a logical > directory under Hadoop fs.default.name. Please advise whether I need to > create any directory for the variable hive.metastore.warehouse.dir > > Thanks, > Raj > > > -- Dean Wampler, Ph.D. @deanwampler http://polyglotprogramming.com
