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Github user dyozie commented on a diff in the pull request:
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+---
+title: Writing Data to HDFS
+---
+
+The PXF HDFS plug-in supports writable external tables using the
`HdfsTextSimple` and `SequenceWritable` profiles. You might create a writable
table to export data from a HAWQ internal table to binary or text HDFS files.
+
+Use the `HdfsTextSimple` profile when writing text data. Use the
`SequenceWritable` profile when dealing with binary data.
+
+This section describes how to use these PXF profiles to create writable
external tables.
+
+**Note**: Tables that you create with writable profiles can only be used
for INSERT operations. If you want to query inserted data, you must define a
separate external readable table that references the new HDFS file using the
equivalent readable profile. ??You can also create a Hive table to access the
HDFS file.??
+
+## <a id="pxfwrite_prereq"></a>Prerequisites
+
+Before working with HDFS file data using HAWQ and PXF, ensure that:
+
+- The HDFS plug-in is installed on all cluster nodes. See [Installing
PXF Plug-ins](InstallPXFPlugins.html) for PXF plug-in installation information.
+- All HDFS users have read permissions to HDFS services.
+- HDFS write permissions are provided to a restricted set of users.
+
+## <a id="hdfsplugin_writeextdata"></a>Writing to PXF External Tables
+The PXF HDFS plug-in supports two writable profiles: `HdfsTextSimple` and
`SequenceWritable`.
+
+Use the following syntax to create a HAWQ external writable table
representing HDFS data:
+
+``` sql
+CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE <table_name>
+ ( <column_name> <data_type> [, ...] | LIKE <other_table> )
+LOCATION ('pxf://<host>[:<port>]/<path-to-hdfs-file>
+
?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple|SequenceWritable[&<custom-option>=<value>[...]]')
+FORMAT '[TEXT|CSV|CUSTOM]' (<formatting-properties>);
+```
+
+HDFS-plug-in-specific keywords and values used in the [CREATE EXTERNAL
TABLE](../reference/sql/CREATE-EXTERNAL-TABLE.html) call are described in the
table below.
+
+| Keyword | Value |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|
+| \<host\>[:\<port\>] | The HDFS NameNode and port. |
+| \<path-to-hdfs-file\> | The path to the file in the HDFS data store. |
+| PROFILE | The `PROFILE` keyword must specify one of the values
`HdfsTextSimple` or `SequenceWritable`. |
+| \<custom-option\> | \<custom-option\> is profile-specific. These
options are discussed in the next topic.|
+| FORMAT 'TEXT' | Use '`TEXT`' `FORMAT` with the `HdfsTextSimple` profile
to create a plain-text-delimited file at the location specified by
\<path-to-hdfs-file\>. The `HdfsTextSimple` '`TEXT`' `FORMAT` supports only the
built-in `(delimiter=<delim>)` \<formatting-property\>. |
+| FORMAT 'CSV' | Use '`CSV`' `FORMAT` with the `HdfsTextSimple` profile to
create a comma-separated-value file at the location specified by
\<path-to-hdfs-file\>. |
+| FORMAT 'CUSTOM' | Use the `'CUSTOM'` `FORMAT` with the
`SequenceWritable` profile. The `SequenceWritable` '`CUSTOM`' `FORMAT` supports
only the built-in `(formatter='pxfwritable_export)` (write) and
`(formatter='pxfwritable_import)` (read) \<formatting-properties\>.
+
+**Note**: When creating PXF external tables, you cannot use the `HEADER`
option in your `FORMAT` specification.
+
+## <a id="profile_hdfstextsimple"></a>Custom Options
+
+The `HdfsTextSimple` and `SequenceWritable` profiles support the following
custom options:
+
+| Option | Value Description | Profile |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|--------|
+| COMPRESSION_CODEC | The compression codec Java class name. If this
option is not provided, no data compression is performed. Supported compression
codecs include: `org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec` and
`org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec` | HdfsTextSimple, SequenceWritable |
+| | `org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec` | HdfsTextSimple |
+| COMPRESSION_TYPE | The compression type to employ; supported values
are `RECORD` (the default) or `BLOCK`. | HdfsTextSimple, SequenceWritable |
+| DATA-SCHEMA | The name of the writer serialization/deserialization
class. The jar file in which this class resides must be in the PXF class path.
This option is required for the `SequenceWritable` profile and has no default
value. | SequenceWritable|
+| THREAD-SAFE | Boolean value determining if a table query can run in
multi-threaded mode. The default value is `TRUE`. Set this option to `FALSE` to
handle all requests in a single thread for operations that are not thread-safe
(for example, compression). | HdfsTextSimple, SequenceWritable|
+
+## <a id="profile_hdfstextsimple"></a>HdfsTextSimple Profile
+
+Use the `HdfsTextSimple` profile when writing delimited data to a plain
text file where each row is a single record.
+
+Writable tables created using the `HdfsTextSimple` profile can optionally
use record or block compression. The following compression codecs are supported:
+
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec
+
+The `HdfsTextSimple` profile supports the following
\<formatting-properties\>:
+
+| Keyword | Value |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|
+| delimiter | The delimiter character to use when writing the file.
Default value is a comma `,`.|
+
+
+### <a id="profile_hdfstextsimple_writing"></a>Example: Writing Data Using
the HdfsTextSimple Profile
+
+This example uses the data schema introduced in [Example: Using the
HdfsTextSimple Profile] (HDFSFileDataPXF.html#profile_hdfstextsimple_query):
+
+
+| Field Name | Data Type |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|
+| location | text |
+| month | text |
+| number\_of\_orders | int |
+| total\_sales | float8 |
+
+The example also uses the HAWQ table `pxf_hdfs_textsimple` created in that
exercise and expects it to exist.
+
+
+Perform the following operations to use the PXF `HdfsTextSimple` profile
to create a HAWQ writable external table with the same data schema as defined
above. You will also create a separate external readable table to read the
associated HDFS file.
+
+1. Create a writable HAWQ external table with the data schema described
above. Write to the HDFS file
`/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1`. Create the table specifying
a comma `,` as the delimiter:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE
pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1(location text, month text, num_orders int, total_sales
float8)
+ LOCATION
('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple')
+ FORMAT 'TEXT' (delimiter=E',');
+ ```
+
+ The `FORMAT` subclause `delimiter` value is specified as the single
ascii comma character `,`. `E` escapes the character.
+
+2. Write a few records to the `pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1` HDFS file by
invoking the SQL `INSERT` command on `pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1 VALUES ( 'Frankfurt',
'Mar', 777, 3956.98 );
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1 VALUES ( 'Cleveland',
'Oct', 3812, 96645.37 );
+ ```
+
+3. Insert the contents of the `pxf_hdfs_textsimple` table created in
[Example: Using the HdfsTextSimple Profile]
(HDFSFileDataPXF.html#profile_hdfstextsimple_query) into
`pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1 SELECT * FROM
pxf_hdfs_textsimple;
+ ```
+
+4. View the file contents in HDFS:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ hdfs dfs -cat /data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1/*
+ Frankfurt,Mar,777,3956.98
+ Cleveland,Oct,3812,96645.37
+ Prague,Jan,101,4875.33
+ Rome,Mar,87,1557.39
+ Bangalore,May,317,8936.99
+ Beijing,Jul,411,11600.67
+ ```
+
+ Because you specified comma `,` as the delimiter, this character is
the field separator used in each record of the HDFS file.
+
+5. Querying an external writable table is not supported in HAWQ. To query
data from the newly-created HDFS file, create a readable external HAWQ table
referencing the HDFS file:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE pxf_hdfs_textsimple_r1(location text,
month text, num_orders int, total_sales float8)
+ LOCATION
('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple')
+ FORMAT 'CSV';
+ ```
+
+ The table is created with the `'CSV'` `FORMAT` because the delimiter
character used when creating the writable table was a comma `,`.
+
+6. Query the readable external table `pxf_hdfs_textsimple_r1`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# SELECT * FROM pxf_hdfs_textsimple_r1;
+ ```
+
+ ``` pre
+ location | month | num_orders | total_sales
+ -----------+-------+------------+-------------
+ Frankfurt | Mar | 777 | 3956.98
+ Cleveland | Oct | 3812 | 96645.37
+ Prague | Jan | 101 | 4875.33
+ Rome | Mar | 87 | 1557.39
+ Bangalore | May | 317 | 8936.99
+ Beijing | Jul | 411 | 11600.67
+ (6 rows)
+ ```
+
+ The table includes the records you individually inserted, as well as
the full contents of the `pxf_hdfs_textsimple` table.
+
+7. Create a second HAWQ external writable table, this time using Gzip
compression and employing a colon `:` as the delimiter:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2
(location text, month text, num_orders int, total_sales float8)
+ LOCATION
('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple&COMPRESSION_CODEC=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec')
+ FORMAT 'TEXT' (delimiter=E':');
+ ```
+
+8. Write a few records to the `pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2` HDFS file by
inserting into the `pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2` table:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2 VALUES ( 'Frankfurt',
'Mar', 777, 3956.98 );
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2 VALUES ( 'Cleveland',
'Oct', 3812, 96645.37 );
+ ```
+
+9. View the file contents in HDFS; use the `-text` option to `hdfs dfs` to
view the compressed data as text:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ hdfs dfs -text /data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2/*
+ Frankfurt:Mar:777:3956.98
+ Cleveland:Oct:3812:96645.3
+ ```
+
+ Notice that the colon `:` is the field separator in the HDFS file.
+
+ As described in Step 5 above, to query data from the newly-created
HDFS file named `pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2`, you can create a readable
external HAWQ table referencing this HDFS file.
+
+
+## <a id="profile_hdfsseqwritable_using"></a>SequenceWritable Profile
+
+Use the HDFS plug-in `SequenceWritable` profile when writing SequenceFile
format files. Files of this type consist of binary key/value pairs. Sequence
files are a common data transfer format between MapReduce jobs.
+
+SequenceFile format files can optionally use record or block compression.
The following compression codecs are supported:
+
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec
+
+When using the `SequenceWritable` profile to write a SequenceFile format
file, you must provide the name of the Java class used to serialize/deserialize
the data. This class will provide custom read and write methods for the fields
in the schema associated with the data you will be writing.
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Some edits: you must provide the name of a Java class to use for
serializing/deserializing the data. This class must provide read and write
methods for the fields in the schema associated with the table data.
> create new documentation topic for PXF writable profiles
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HAWQ-1119
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-1119
> Project: Apache HAWQ
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Documentation
> Reporter: Lisa Owen
> Assignee: David Yozie
> Fix For: 2.0.1.0-incubating
>
>
> certain profiles supported by the existing PXF plug-ins support writable
> tables. create some documentation content for these profiles.
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