It looks cool! One questions: is it possible to run sqlline without starting hiveserver? I've seen some build that broke hiveserver. One reason is that we don't have a unit test for the standalone version of hiveserver. If we are switching hive CLI to sqlline, we need to add a unit test for that.
On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:24 AM, John Sichi wrote: > 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
