+user@pig On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Anup <ahirea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 24, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Phani <pche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > wanted to know if avro files can be read using pig from hdfs. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > phani > > Yes. Use AvroStorage(). > > Sent from my Turing Machine. > With slightly more detail: AvroStorage will let you load and store arbitrary Avro: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PIG/AvroStorage It is included in the contrib packages known as PiggyBank: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PIG/PiggyBank Please note that the PiggyBank is distributed as source-only via SVN. The page above explains how to build it. If you use a repackaging of Pig provided by a commercial vendor, they will likely provide a binary distribution and instructions specific to their distribution for using AvroStorage. -- Sean
