Hey Mark,
Couple of comments
- Generally I would discourage using the dot "." character with params,
you will likely observe mixed behavior
- When using --hive-import Sqoop expects
- Hive targets (--hive-database and --hive-table)
- The --target-dir becomes transient, a "temp" location not the Hive
table path
If you are trying to use Hive Import try
sqoop import \
--bindir ./ \
--connect {database_string} \
--username {user} \
--password {password} \
--table {table_name} \
--hive-import \
--hive-database {hive_database} \
--hive-table {hive_table}
[--hive-overwrite] /* append is the default */
--target-dir /{temporary_staging_dir}/ \
--delete-target-dir \
If you are trying to bypass Hive Import and write directly to the Hive
table path try
sqoop import \
--bindir ./ \
--connect {database_string} \
--username {user} \
--password {password} \
--table {table_name} \
--target-dir /{hive_table_path}/ \
[--delete-target-dir | --append] \
Markus Kemper
Cloudera Support
On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 4:54 AM mark pasterkamp <markpasterk...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have been having a lot of issues getting to import data from postgres
> into hive.
> Using things like "--bindir ./" I have sometimes been able to get around
> the "Class {table_name} not found exception"
> I have been able to get a few runs of the import script without exceptions
> which resulted in my hive metastore throwing exceptions which forced me to
> recreate the metastore.
>
> However, my latest issue is a nullpointer while trying to run the script:
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Objects.java:203)
> at java.util.Arrays$ArrayList.<init>(Arrays.java:3813)
> at java.util.Arrays.asList(Arrays.java:3800)
> at
> org.apache.sqoop.util.FileListing.getFileListingNoSort(FileListing.java:76)
> at
> org.apache.sqoop.util.FileListing.getFileListingNoSort(FileListing.java:82)
> at
> org.apache.sqoop.util.FileListing.getFileListingNoSort(FileListing.java:82)
> at
> org.apache.sqoop.util.FileListing.getFileListingNoSort(FileListing.java:82)
> at org.apache.sqoop.util.FileListing.getFileListing(FileListing.java:67)
> at com.cloudera.sqoop.util.FileListing.getFileListing(FileListing.java:39)
> at
> org.apache.sqoop.orm.CompilationManager.addClassFilesFromDir(CompilationManager.java:293)
> at org.apache.sqoop.orm.CompilationManager.jar(CompilationManager.java:378)
> at org.apache.sqoop.tool.CodeGenTool.generateORM(CodeGenTool.java:108)
> at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.importTable(ImportTool.java:501)
> at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.run(ImportTool.java:628)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.run(Sqoop.java:147)
> at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:76)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runSqoop(Sqoop.java:183)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:234)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:243)
> at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.main(Sqoop.java:252)
>
> and the import script:
> sqoop import \
> --bindir ./ \
> --connect {database_string} \
> --username {user} \
> --password {password} \
> --table {table_name} \
> --hive-import \
> --target-dir /user/hive/warehouse/{table_name}/ \
> --delete-target-dir \
>
> Looking online I have not found a cause or solution for my latest issue
> with sqoop. Would any of you perhaps know the cause and the solution?
>
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Mark
>
>
