Thanks all, that was super quick and helpful! Can someone give me a quick code example of how to create a HiveMetaStoreClient object from configurations in hive-site.xml, or how would I create a HiveMetaStoreClient object given the uri and the credentials to talk to the thrift server?
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Alan Gates <alanfga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, sorry, I wasn't clear. As others have stated, HiveMetaStoreClient > uses the thrift API. So using that should be fine. > > Alan. > > Subroto Sanyal <ssan...@datameer.com> > August 26, 2015 at 10:07 > Hi Jerrick, > HiveMetastoreClient will be using thrift communication internally via the > connection. IMO It is no different from using thrift api. > > Cheers, > Subroto Sanyal > > > Jerrick Hoang <jerrickho...@gmail.com> > August 26, 2015 at 9:44 > Ok, I'm super confused now. The hive metastore is a RDBMS database. I > totally agree that I shouldn't access it directly via jdbc. So what about > using this class > http://hive.apache.org/javadocs/r0.13.1/api/metastore/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveMetaStoreClient.html > ? Is it something that can only be used > > If not I can definitely use the thrift api. Just wanted to ask this before > going the thrift route because this class seems like the perfect tool for > me, > > Thanks > > >
