Chuck, I think you might be hitting https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP-450, fixed in upcoming release Sqoop 1.4.2
Regards, Kathleen On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Connell, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a Hive table that has tab-separated fields. I am exporting it to > MySQL. The export works fine (using --input-fields-terminated-by '\t') and I > get correct results in MySQL. > > BUT, when I add the --direct option, the export fails. The source file (in > Hive warehouse) is not parsed correctly and the tabs are ignored. The fields > are not separated correctly when placed into MySQL. > > Anyone else run into this? > > Chuck Connell > Nuance R&D Data Team > Burlington, MA >
