HDFS support depends on the version. A long time it was not supported.
> On 23. Feb 2018, at 21:08, Andy Srine <andy.sr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Team, > > Is ADD JAR from HDFS (ADD JAR hdfs:///hive_jars/hive-contrib-2.1.1.jar;) > supported in hiveserver2 via an ODBC connection? > > Some relevant points: > I am able to do it in Hive 2.1.1 via JDBC (beeline), but not via an ODBC > client. > In Hive 1.2.1, I can add a jar from the local node, but not a JAR on HDFS. > Some old blogs online say HiveServer2 doesn't support "ADD JAR " period. But > thats not what I experience via beeline. > Let me know your thoughts and experiences. > > Thanks, > Andy >