Question

Can I create a Hive table from a sql/text file like we do in the case of MySQL and other RDBMSs. That is, store the “create table…” command in a .sql file and execute it in one go.

For eg. in MySQL I can do this

shell> mysql < sql_file

or if you are already running mysql,

mysql> source sql_file

1) Is there any such option in Hive

2) If yes, what would be the command and what would be the file extension

thanks

Answer 1

You can use $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -f /home/my/hive-script.sql from terminal. Refer to hive documentation link https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+Cli .