From 1.1.1 documentation, it seems one can use HiveContext instead of
SQLContext without having a Hive installation. The benefit is richer SQL
dialect.
Is my understanding correct ?
Thanks
That is correct. It the hive context will create an embedded metastore in
the current directory if you have not configured hive.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Manoj Samel manojsamelt...@gmail.com
wrote:
From 1.1.1 documentation, it seems one can use HiveContext instead of
SQLContext without
In that case, what should be the behavior of saveTableAs?
On Dec 10, 2014 4:03 AM, Michael Armbrust mich...@databricks.com wrote:
That is correct. It the hive context will create an embedded metastore in
the current directory if you have not configured hive.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:51 PM,
It works exactly like Create Table As Select (CTAS) in Hive.
Cheng Hao
From: Anas Mosaad [mailto:anas.mos...@incorta.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:59 AM
To: Michael Armbrust
Cc: Manoj Samel; user@spark.apache.org
Subject: Re: Can HiveContext be used without using Hive
