Ahh...that sucks..I hope they will come up with something in future releases...
One follow up question...We can't use <command></command> in combination with <arg></arg> right? On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Jarek Jarcec Cecho <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Nikin, > workaround to use --query parameter inside <command> tag in Oozie is to > use multiple <arg> tags instead :-) > > Basically Oozie will blindly divide value supplied in <command> tag by > spaces without taking into account any escaping. You are required to use > <arg> tags instead of <command> in case that you need to specify arguments > with spaces. For more information please consider Oozie Sqoop action > documentation [1]. > > Jarcec > > Links: > 1: > http://oozie.apache.org/docs/3.2.0-incubating/DG_SqoopActionExtension.html > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 05:10:07PM -0400, Nitin kak wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Just wanted to know how we can use "--query" attribute in > > <command></command> of sqoop action in Oozie. The issue is that if we > have > > something like > > > > * <command>blah blah .... --query "select * from table"</command> *is > > converted to > > > > <arg>blah</arg> > > <arg>blah</arg> > > <arg>--query</arg> > > <arg>"select</arg> > > <arg>*</arg> > > <arg>from</arg> > > ....so on > > while what we want is > > > > <arg>blah</arg> > > <arg>blah</arg> > > <arg>--query</arg> > > <arg>"select * from table:</arg> > > > > > > Is there a workaround? > > > > Regards, > > Nitin Kak >
