No problem Keith - it was a worthwhile exercise for me to go back and double check everything was working as expected.
-----Original Message----- From: Keith Wiley [mailto:kwi...@keithwiley.com] Sent: 27 March 2013 17:03 To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: Re: S3/EMR Hive: Load contents of a single file Okay, I also saw your previous response which analyzed queries into two tables built around two files in the same directory. I guess I was simply wrong in my understanding that a Hive table is fundamentally associated with a directory instead of a file. Turns out, it be can either one. A directory table uses all files in the directory while a file table uses one specific file and properly avoids sibling files. My bad. Thanks for the careful analysis and clarification. TIL! Cheers! On Mar 27, 2013, at 02:58 , Tony Burton wrote: > A bit more info - do an extended description of the table: > > $ desc extended gsrc1; > > And the "location" field is "location:s3://mybucket/path/to/data/src1.txt" > > Do the same on a table created with a location pointing at the directory and > the same info gives (not surprisingly) "location:s3://mybucket/path/to/data/" > ________________________________________________________________________________ Keith Wiley kwi...@keithwiley.com keithwiley.com music.keithwiley.com "I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me." -- Abe (Grandpa) Simpson ________________________________________________________________________________ Please consider the environment before printing this email Inbound Email has been scanned for viruses and SPAM ********************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this email or attachments This email and any attachments are confidential, protected by copyright and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, then the dissemination or copying of this email is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender by replying by email and then delete the email completely from your system. Neither Sporting Index nor the sender accepts responsibility for any virus, or any other defect which might affect any computer or IT system into which the email is received and/or opened. It is the responsibility of the recipient to scan the email and no responsibility is accepted for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use of this email. Sporting Index Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 2636842, whose registered office is at Gateway House, Milverton Street, London, SE11 4AP. Sporting Index Ltd is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority (reg. no. 150404) and Gambling Commission (reg. no. 000-027343-R-308898-001). Any financial promotion contained herein has been issued and approved by Sporting Index Ltd. Outbound email has been scanned for viruses and SPAM
