Re: FLIP-117: HBase catalog

2020-03-17 Thread Yu Li
Thanks for bringing up this discussion Flavio. And thanks Bowen for the ping. For me, I'm not quite sure whether adding an HBase catalog suits into the existing Catalog interface. It seems to be coupled with SQL standard instead of a more general database catalog [1], which also reflects in the

Re: FLIP-117: HBase catalog

2020-03-16 Thread Bowen Li
Hi, I think core of the jira right now is to investigate if catalogs of schemaless systems like HBase and Elasticsearch bring practical value to users. I haven't used these SQL connectors before, and thus don't have much to say in this case. Can anyone describe how it would work? Maybe @Yu or

Re: FLIP-117: HBase catalog

2020-03-15 Thread Jingsong Li
Thanks Flavio for driving. Personally I am +1 for integrating HBase tables. I start a new topic for discussion. It is related but not the core of this FLIP. In the FLIP, I can see: - Does HBase support the concept of partitions..? I don't think so.. - Does HBase support functions? I don't think

FLIP-117: HBase catalog

2020-03-13 Thread Flavio Pompermaier
Hello everybody, I started a new FLIP to discuss about an HBaseCatalog implementation[1] after the opening of the relative issue by Bowen [2]. I drafted a very simple version of the FLIP just to discuss about the critical points (in red) in order to decide how to proceed. Best, Flavio [1]