Import command options
You can use Sqoop command options to import data into Apache Hive.
| Sqoop Command Option | Description |
|---|---|
--hive-home <directory> |
Overrides $HIVE_HOME. |
--hive-import |
Imports tables into Hive using Hive's default delimiters if none are explicitly set. |
--hive-overwrite |
Overwrites existing data in the Hive table. |
--create-hive-table |
Creates a hive table during the operation. If this option is set and the Hive table already exists, the job will fail. Set to false
by default. |
--hive-table <table_name> |
Specifies the table name to use when importing data into Hive. |
--hive-drop-import-delims |
Drops the delimiters \n, \r, and \01 from string fields when importing data into Hive. |
--hive-delims-replacement |
Replaces the delimiters \n, \r, and \01 from strings fields with a user-defined string when
importing data into Hive. |
--hive-partition-key |
Specifies the name of the Hive field on which a sharded database is partitioned. |
--hive-partition-value <value> |
A string value that specifies the partition key for data imported into Hive. |
--map-column-hive <map> |
Overrides the default mapping from SQL type to Hive type for configured columns. |
