I was already well familiar with the content of the links you provided. I have a specific question about the BNF for views (and potentially other ddl/dml) that does not appear to be addressed . Thanks.
2013/8/25 Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com> > Let me introduce you to the Hive wiki. > > - Hive wiki home page: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Home > - Language manual: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual > - DDL: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+DDL > - Views: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+DDL#LanguageManualDDL-Create%2FDropView > - Excerpt: "A view's schema is frozen at the time the view is > created; subsequent changes to underlying tables (e.g. adding a column) > will not be reflected in the view's schema. If an underlying table is > dropped or changed in an incompatible fashion, subsequent attempts to > query > the invalid view will fail." > - New in Hive 0.11: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+DDL#LanguageManualDDL-AlterViewAsSelect > - SELECT: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+Select > > The wiki is still a work in progress, but you'll find more DDL information > than in the old Hive xdocs that Cloudera provides. Everything in the xdocs > is in the wiki now (except for some nifty headings in the CREATE TABLE > section, which ought to be added to the wiki). > > -- Lefty > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Stephen Boesch <java...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> It appears a bit challenging to find the BNF's for the hive DDL's. After >> a few google's the following popped up for cdh3 and only for a subset of >> table creation's. >> >> >> >> http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh/3/hive/language_manual/data-manipulation-statements.html >> >> Is there an updated and more complete DDL BNF reference? Although my >> present need is for views (and specifically how to impose a schema on a >> view), the BNF for other statements would also be helpful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> stephenb >> > > >
