There is no asynchronous API for Pig. However, Pig does have a notification mechanism (See PigRunner.run), you can create a separate thread to simulate the asynchronous call.
Daniel On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Michael Lok <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if it's possible to submit register and run a script > using PigServer in MAPREDUCE mode in an asynchronous manner; compared > to how a script is executed right now whereby the program is made to > wait till the job is finished. Although the task is still executed in > the server, I can't programmatically retrieve the job id for future > reference. > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks.
