I think default loader is hardcoded in the pig code. You can open a jira if you need such a feature.
Thanks, Aniket On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Johnny Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeff: > Basically, edit the pig.properties to > ..... > pig.load.default.statements=/tmp/.temppigbootup > ..... > > and in file /tmp/.temppigbootup, you have load statement > data = LOAD 'top_queries_input_data.txt' AS (query:CHARARRAY, count:INT); > > you can edit content to use other loader here. > > Hope it is helpful. This is different from what you want, and I am also > searching if we can define default loader other than PigStorage. > > Johnny > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Johnny Zhang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, Jeff Yuan: > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Jeff Yuan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am new to the pig community, and have a couple of questions > >> regarding loader/storers. Because I am writing code that closely > >> couples with Pig, I thought I'd ask on the dev mailing list, but > >> please let me know if this is more appropriate for the user list. > >> > >> 1) Is there a way to set the default pig loader as something other > >> than PigStorage via configuration? What I mean is, by default if a > >> loader is not specified, PigStorage is assumed. Can I change things so > >> that if no loader is specified in the load statement, another custom > >> loader is used? > >> > > I am not sure if there is another way, but you can edit " > > pig.load.default.statements=" in pig.properties file. So in your Pig > > script you don't have to write load statement, but Pig will always load > it > > for you (of course with the loader you specified) > > > >> > >> 2) Is there a way to output the entire query result to stdout? Is the > >> easiest way to do so by writing a custom storer that doesn't actually > >> store to a file but instead just output to stdout? > >> > > can you try 'DUMP' ? > > > >> > >> If no specific answer is available, advice on where in the pig code I > >> should look to discover answers for myself would also be highly > >> appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jeff > >> > > > > Johnny > > > -- "...:::Aniket:::... Quetzalco@tl"
