You can use the command *set* in hive to get the behaviour. You can also do the same through beeline.
HTH Mich Talebzadeh http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com Publications due shortly: Creating in-memory Data Grid for Trading Systems with Oracle TimesTen and Coherence Cache NOTE: The information in this email is proprietary and confidential. This message is for the designated recipient only, if you are not the intended recipient, you should destroy it immediately. Any information in this message shall not be understood as given or endorsed by Peridale Ltd, its subsidiaries or their employees, unless expressly so stated. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that this email is virus free, therefore neither Peridale Ltd, its subsidiaries nor their employees accept any responsibility. From: Xiaoyong Zhu [mailto:xiaoy...@microsoft.com] Sent: 12 March 2015 09:26 To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: is there a way to read Hive configurations from the REST APIs? Hi experts Don't know if there is a way to read the Hive configurations from the REST APIs? The reason is that we are trying to get the Hive configurations in order to perform some behaviors accordingly. Xiaoyong
