yes thats what i meant. local physical directory. thanks.
________________________________ From: bharath vissapragada <bharathvissapragada1...@gmail.com> To: user@hive.apache.org; Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> Cc: User <u...@hadoop.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:59 PM Subject: Re: hive.metastore.warehouse.dir - Should it point to a physical directory Hi, If by "local physical directory" you mean a directory in the underlying OS file system, then No. You just need to create a directory in HDFS and ad it to that xml config file. Thanks, On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: Ok.I got it. My questions - > >1) Should a local physical directory be created before using this property? >2) Should a HDFS file directory be created from Hadoop before using this >property? > > > > >From: Dean Wampler <deanwamp...@gmail.com> >To: user@hive.apache.org; Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> >Cc: User <u...@hadoop.apache.org> >Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:44 PM >Subject: Re: hive.metastore.warehouse.dir - Should it point to a physical >directory > > > >The name is misleading; this is the directory within HDFS where Hive stores >the data, by default. (External tables can go elsewhere). It doesn't really >have anything to do with the metastore. > > >dean > > >On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Can some one help me on this ? I am stuck installing and configuring Hive with >Oracle. Your timely help is really aprreciated. >> >> >> >>From: Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> >>To: Hive <user@hive.apache.org>; User <u...@hadoop.apache.org> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:08 PM >>Subject: hive.metastore.warehouse.dir - Should it point to a physical >>directory >> >> >> >>Hi, >> >>I am configurinig Hive. I ahve a question on the property >>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir. >> >>Should this point to a physical directory. I am guessing it is a logical >>directory under Hadoop fs.default.name. Please advise whether I need to >>create any directory for the variable hive.metastore.warehouse.dir >> >>Thanks, >>Raj >> >> > > > >-- >Dean Wampler, Ph.D. >@deanwampler >http://polyglotprogramming.com/ > >
