David Randolph created SQOOP-485:
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Summary: --hive-import cannot be used with --query
Key: SQOOP-485
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP-485
Project: Sqoop
Issue Type: Bug
Components: hive-integration
Affects Versions: 1.3.0
Environment: :/home/w17626> uname -a
Linux il93rhel91 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 8 11:54:47 EDT 2009 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Reporter: David Randolph
sqoop import --verbose --connect
jdbc:oracle:thin:@//oss-devdb2.pcs.mot.com/TOOLS --username HADOOP --password
xxx --query 'select * from fact where id < 11 and $CONDITIONS' --hive-import
--hive-table fact --fields-terminated-by , --escaped-by \\ -m1 --append
produces the following output:
{noformat}
sqoop import --verbose --connect
jdbc:oracle:thin:@//oss-devdb2.pcs.mot.com/TOOLS --username HADOOP --password
xxx --query 'select * from fact where id < 11 and $CONDITIONS' --hive-import
--hive-table fact --fields-terminated-by , --escaped-by \\ -m1 --append
12/05/15 11:10:10 DEBUG tool.BaseSqoopTool: Enabled debug logging.
12/05/15 11:10:10 WARN tool.BaseSqoopTool: Setting your password on the
command-line is insecure. Consider using -P instead.
12/05/15 11:10:10 DEBUG sqoop.Sqoop: Must specify destination with --target-dir.
Try --help for usage instructions.
Must specify destination with --target-dir.
Try --help for usage instructions.
at
com.cloudera.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.validateImportOptions(ImportTool.java:823)
at
com.cloudera.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.validateOptions(ImportTool.java:890)
at com.cloudera.sqoop.Sqoop.run(Sqoop.java:132)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
at com.cloudera.sqoop.Sqoop.runSqoop(Sqoop.java:182)
at com.cloudera.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:221)
at com.cloudera.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:230)
at com.cloudera.sqoop.Sqoop.main(Sqoop.java:239)
Must specify destination with --target-dir.
Try --help for usage instructions.
<snip>
{noformat}
I can work around this immediate failure by specifying the --target-dir flag.
This seems to do the right thing, but the sqoop command hangs. Also, use of
--target-dir with --hive-import is discouraged in SQOOP-464.
How can I use the --query flag to import into Hive?
:> sqoop version
Sqoop 1.3.0-cdh3u3
git commit id 57cbc8d38cc5ff22a24d34c3d13f9862fd1372bb
Compiled by jenkins@ubuntu-slave02 on Thu Jan 26 10:41:26 PST 2012
Thanks,
Dave
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