Hey, if you ever get frustrated by Hive's CLI, take a look at the sqlline integration I attached here and weigh in:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-987 sqlline as is may not be exactly what we want (it doesn't have the full mysql client feel many people may be used to), but it's a good starting point, and the BSD code can be adapted as needed. If anyone wants to take over on this and really own it, it would be a great project for giving a Hive a very user-visible and beneficial facelift. If not, I'll probably at least check in the bare minimum just to scratch my own itch, unless there's opposition. Thanks, JVS
