Hive doesn't currently handle storing of the JARs. Doing ADD JAR only adds the jars to the current session, but won't help for other sessions.
The permanent functions syntax allows you to specify JAR paths when you create the function. These should be on HDFS or other non-local path. create function ST_GeomFromWKT as 'com.esri.hadoop.hive.ST_GeomFromWKT' using jar 'hdfs:/path/to/spatial-sdk-hive-1.1.jar', jar 'hdfs:/path/to/esri-geometry-api-1.2.1.jar'; ________________________________ From: Marcin Tustin <mtus...@handybook.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 1:10 PM To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: Where are jars stored for permanent functions Hi All, I just added local jars to my hive session, created permanent functions, and find that they are available across sessions and machines. This is of course excellent, but I'm wondering where those jars are being stored? What setting or what default directory would I find them in. My session was: add jars /mnt/storage/spatial-sdk-hive-1.1.jar /mnt/storage/esri-geometry-api-1.2.1.jar; create function ST_GeomFromWKT as 'com.esri.hadoop.hive.ST_GeomFromWKT'; Then that function was available via the thriftserver. Thanks, Marcin Want to work at Handy? Check out our culture deck and open roles<http://www.handy.com/careers> Latest news<http://www.handy.com/press> at Handy Handy just raised $50m<http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/02/on-demand-home-service-handy-raises-50m-in-round-led-by-fidelity/> led by Fidelity [http://marketing-email-assets.handybook.com/smalllogo.png]
