Can you create the database directly within Hive? If you're getting the same error within Hive, it sounds like a permissions issue as per Bojan. More info can be found at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15898211/unable-to-create-database-path-file-user-hive-warehouse-error
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:31 AM Bojan Kostic <blood9ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it uses local dir, hdfs dir path starts with hdfs:// > > Check permissions on folders, and also check logs. There should be more > info > about exception. > > Best > Bojan > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list. > 1001560.n3.nabble.com/SQL-can-t-not-create-Hive-database- > tp22435p22439.html > Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org > >