Hi Jerrick, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that class operates over the thrift api.
Nathan ________________________________ From: Jerrick Hoang <jerrickho...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:44 AM To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: Re: HiveMetaStoreClient Ok, I'm super confused now. The hive metastore is a RDBMS database. I totally agree that I shouldn't access it directly via jdbc. So what about using this class http://hive.apache.org/javadocs/r0.13.1/api/metastore/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveMetaStoreClient.html ? Is it something that can only be used If not I can definitely use the thrift api. Just wanted to ask this before going the thrift route because this class seems like the perfect tool for me, Thanks On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Alan Gates <alanfga...@gmail.com<mailto:alanfga...@gmail.com>> wrote: Accessing the RDBMS directly isn't recommended. We don't view the table layout as part of the public API and sometimes change things between releases. With the thrift API we at least try to keep it backwards compatible. Alan. [cid:part1.07050003.08090809@gmail.com] Dr Mich Talebzadeh<mailto:m...@peridale.co.uk> August 26, 2015 at 0:07 What is your hive metastore is on? If it is on an RDBMS, then you can simply use client/JDBC tools to access the metastore. Pretty simple. HTH, [cid:part1.07050003.08090809@gmail.com] Jerrick Hoang<mailto:jerrickho...@gmail.com> August 25, 2015 at 23:27 Hi all, I want to interact with HiveMetaStore table from code and was looking at http://hive.apache.org/javadocs/r0.13.1/api/metastore/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveMetaStoreClient.html , was wondering if this is the correct way to do this or should I use a jdbc client. If HiveMetaStoreClient is the right way then how do I create a client given a hive-site.xml, Thanks, J
