Also if we use hiveserver and ODBC conneciton, we don't pass exceptions through the connection to the client. I've not tried JDBC connection yet. But if it doesn't displace error message or exceptions it may be a deal breaker.
Thanks, Ning On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Ning Zhang wrote: > 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 >
