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Lefty Leverenz commented on HIVE-6806:
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[~singhashish], wikidoc updates are handled various ways. Sometimes the
developer takes care of it, sometimes I write it up and ask for review, and
occasionally someone else writes it up. I usually edit what others write,
making sure version information is included and cross references get made.
* In this case, I think I could revise the DDL sections adequately but you
would probably do a better job revising the Avro SerDe wiki, keeping in mind
that the old information needs to remain for users of previous releases.
* If you don't want to do it yourself, or even if you do, a release note on
this JIRA ticket would be an excellent start.
* If you have an in-house tech writer who could do the job, their contribution
would be most welcome --- my backlog of doc tasks is daunting, I'm just doing
this as a retirement hobby, and it's summertime. ;)
The links in my previous comment show where revisions should go. The Avro
SerDe doc has several examples of CREATE TABLE --- the simplest approach is to
add a second example for each one, saying "In Hive 0.14.0 and later, this
syntax can be used:" (or something similar). A general statement or discussion
of the new syntax would be good too.
Since the 0.14.0 release is a few months away, the documentation could wait
although it might be best done while still fresh in your mind. To gain write
access to the wiki, follow the instructions here:
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> CREATE TABLE should support STORED AS AVRO
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>
> Key: HIVE-6806
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6806
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Serializers/Deserializers
> Affects Versions: 0.12.0
> Reporter: Jeremy Beard
> Assignee: Ashish Kumar Singh
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: Avro, TODOC14
> Fix For: 0.14.0
>
> Attachments: HIVE-6806.1.patch, HIVE-6806.2.patch, HIVE-6806.3.patch,
> HIVE-6806.patch
>
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> Avro is well established and widely used within Hive, however creating
> Avro-backed tables requires the messy listing of the SerDe, InputFormat and
> OutputFormat classes.
> Similarly to HIVE-5783 for Parquet, Hive would be easier to use if it had
> native Avro support.
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