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Asked: 2026-06-02T18:40:00+00:00

Is there a way to access existing HBase table records through Hive?

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Is there a way to access existing HBase table records through Hive?

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    As per the Hive HBase Integration wiki page, it’s possible using a create table command like the following:

    CREATE TABLE hbase_table_1(key int, value string) 
STORED BY 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseStorageHandler'
WITH SERDEPROPERTIES ("hbase.columns.mapping" = ":key,cf1:val")
TBLPROPERTIES ("hbase.table.name" = "xyz");

    However, keep in mind that creating a table like this in Hive 0.8 and before will only allow you to access data from your HBase table that was inserted via your corresponding Hive table. If you had any pre-existing data in your HBase table that wasn’t inserted through the Hive table, you wouldn’t be able to query it through the Hive table either.

    Starting Hive 0.9, JIRA 1634, will be available which allows the Hive table to access all data present in the HBase table regardless of how it was inserted in it.

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